A thin glass tube
Date
7 May 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p54
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 314mm
width (page): 198mm
width (page): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A small pen drawing (height 34 mm; width 8 mm) in the margin of a thin glass tube with a globe at the bottom, which Robert Boyle produced at the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 May 1662.
This is copied from JBO/1/058.
This is copied from JBO/1/058.
Transcription
Mr Boyle produced a Glass to trye the difference of strength of corrosive liquors.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 May 1662, ‘Mr. Boyle produced a glass for trying the difference of the strength of corrosive liquors' (Birch 1:82). A small figure is also reproduced in Birch (a thin glass tube with a globe at the bottom, with the symbol of mercury).
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place