Barometer
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                                25 January 1671
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                p1
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                height (page): 227mm
width (page): 169mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (page): 169mm
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                                Figure of a barometer for a Toricellian experiment in Robert Boyle's pneumatic machine. Giuseppe Corcilli, a Neapolitan physician, wrote to Henry Oldenburg with queries about Boyle's Toricellian experiment in the air pump.
There is a copy at LBO/28/401.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            There is a copy at LBO/28/401.
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                                Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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