Instrument to show wind direction and strength
Date
7 October 1663
Creator
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p4
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 307mm
width (page): 191mm
width (page): 191mm
Subject
Description
Diagram of an instrument designed to show wind direction and strength added to the bottom of a table labelled 'A scheme, at one view representing to ye Eye a Modell of ye observations of ye weather for a whole month'. The table is part of a paper titled 'For the better making a history of the weather, I conceive it requisite to observe. Mr Hook'.
This was part of Robert Hooke's proposal to better record the weather, read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 October 1663 and ordered to be registered. It was printed in Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667).
Copies of this image can be found in RBO/3/007 and RBC/2/133.
This was part of Robert Hooke's proposal to better record the weather, read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 October 1663 and ordered to be registered. It was printed in Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667).
Copies of this image can be found in RBO/3/007 and RBC/2/133.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 7 October 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke’s paper concerning the observables for making a history of the weather was read, and ordered to be reviewed by the president and Sir Robert Moray, and then to be registered, and sent to the several persons, who had been engaged in this work of observing the changes of weather, as Dr. Power, Mr. Beal, etc.’ (Birch 1:311).
Printed in R. Hooke, 'Directions for observations and experiments to be made by masters of ships, pilots and other fit persons in their sea voyages', Phil. Trans. vol. 2, no. 24 (April 1667), pp. 433-48.
Printed in Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), p. 173.
Printed in R. Hooke, 'Directions for observations and experiments to be made by masters of ships, pilots and other fit persons in their sea voyages', Phil. Trans. vol. 2, no. 24 (April 1667), pp. 433-48.
Printed in Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal-Society of London for the Improving of Natural Knowledge (London: Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1667), p. 173.
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