Instrument to measure water pressure
Date
14 January 1663
Creator
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p2
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 288mm
width (page): 187mm
width (page): 187mm
Subject
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Description
Figure showing an experimental apparatus designed by Robert Hooke to test water pressure after heavier or lighter objects have been submerged. The paper is titled, 'An account of some tryalls for finding how much the pressure of water is increased, by the descent of heavier or the ascent of lighter bodys therein, by Mr Hook'. Hooke's experiment was read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 January 1663.
Copies of this image can be found at RBO/2i/100, RBO/2ii/090, RBC/1/313 and MS/776/300.
Copies of this image can be found at RBO/2i/100, RBO/2ii/090, RBC/1/313 and MS/776/300.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 14 January 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke’s two papers were read, the one containing an account of some trials for finding how much the pressure of the water is increased by the descent of heavier, or the ascent of lighter bodies therein; the other, containing an experiment concerning the different weight of cold and warm water: both which papers were ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:174). The text is reproduced in Birch 1:174-76.
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