Machine to weigh air
Date
2 August 1669
Creator
Francis Vernon (1632 - 1677, British) , Traveller, Traveller
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p9
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 208mm
width (page): 160mm
width (page): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of Christian Huygens's machine to weigh air in a letter from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg, dated 2 August 1669, at Paris.
A: the bigger cylinder.
B: the smaller cylinder filled with water to the mark below G and D.
C: bellows which blow wind into the pipe D, which in turn fills up the hollow of the upper cylinder B.
E: top of the upper cylinder B, upon which weights F F are to be set to measure how much weight is needed to force out air in B.
G: the pipe by which the air is forced out of the hole H.
A: the bigger cylinder.
B: the smaller cylinder filled with water to the mark below G and D.
C: bellows which blow wind into the pipe D, which in turn fills up the hollow of the upper cylinder B.
E: top of the upper cylinder B, upon which weights F F are to be set to measure how much weight is needed to force out air in B.
G: the pipe by which the air is forced out of the hole H.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Francis Vernon (1632 - 1677, British) , Traveller, Traveller
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Francis Vernon (1632 - 1677, British) , Traveller, Traveller
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
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