Pneumatic engine
Date
14 July 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol1 p40
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 299mm
width (page): 180mm
width (page): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure of a glass phial with a long neck inverted in a glass vessel, for conducting Torricellian experiments in an air-pump. This was the apparatus used by Christian Huygens, as described in his letter of June 1662 to Robert Moray. The letter was translated and read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 July 1662.
This image is copied from LBO/1/036. The original letter is at EL/H1/11/005.
This image is copied from LBO/1/036. The original letter is at EL/H1/11/005.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 July 1662, ‘The translation of Monsieur Huygens’s letter of July 14, 1662, to Sir Robert Moray by the amanuensis, was read by him, and ordered to be entered in the letter book’ (Birch 1:102).
Related fellows
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place