Diagram illustrating an experiment to demonstrate the refraction of ice
Date
1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p256
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 328mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A figure showing a large cylindrical glass full of water with a piece of ice floating in it, and the position of the observer's eye. This accompanies a paper entitled 'Of the Refraction of Ice' by Robert Hooke. The paper was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 11 February 1663.
This image is from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/11. This is a copy of RBO/2i/150 or RBO/2ii/113. Other copies can be found at MS/776/346 and RBC/1/337.
This image is from a partial copy of the Register Book now among the Boyle papers. The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/11. This is a copy of RBO/2i/150 or RBO/2ii/113. Other copies can be found at MS/776/346 and RBC/1/337.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 11 February 1663, ‘An experiment of the refraction of ice was made by Mr. Hooke and an account of it given by him in writing, which was read, and ordered to be registered. He was desired to try it the next day with a glass of the same figure with the piece used by him in the experiment of this day’ (Birch 1:193).
Printed in a revised form in Robert Hooke, Philosophical Experiments and Observations (London, 1726), pp. 24-26 (p. 25).
Printed in a revised form in Robert Hooke, Philosophical Experiments and Observations (London, 1726), pp. 24-26 (p. 25).
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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