Experiment of air compression
Date
15 August 1673
Creator
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Object type
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Manuscript page number
p5
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 304mm
width (page): 201mm
width (page): 201mm
Description
Drawing in the left margin of the letter over the whole height of the paper.
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg.
Van Leeuwenhoek has sealed of the top of this glass pipe and, since he is convinced that air cannot be compressed, he hypothesises that when water is pushed upwards (by pressing on C), air permeates through the glass.
Letter from Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to Henry Oldenburg.
Van Leeuwenhoek has sealed of the top of this glass pipe and, since he is convinced that air cannot be compressed, he hypothesises that when water is pushed upwards (by pressing on C), air permeates through the glass.
Object history
For the English translation of Leeuwenhoek's letter, see A. Leeuwenhoek, 'Touching the compression of air', Phil. Trans. vol 9, no. 102 (1674), pp. 21-23, figs 1-2.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Naturalist
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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