Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.15435

    Glass vessels for experiments in freezing coloured water

    Date
    30 December 1663
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p1
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 287mm
    width (page): 178mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Differently shaped glass vessels for Theodore Haak's experiments of frost separating parts of coloured water (coloured with cochineal) or mixed with other liquids. This paper was read to the Royal Society on 30 December 1663.

    There are other versions of these figures at RBO/2i/333-34, RBO/2ii/230-31 and MS/776/515-16.
    Object history
    At the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 December 1663, ‘Mr. Haak’s account of his experiments of frost’s separating the parts of coloured water, was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 3:362). Text and figures are printed at Birch 3:362-64.
    Related fellows
    Theodore Haak (1605 - 1690, German) , Translator
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