Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.16163

    Glass instrument

    Date
    15 October 1661
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p149r
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 210mm
    width (page): 166mm
    Subject
    Content object
    Description
    Instrument for a new experiment to prove the air's elasticity. Glass tube with a large glass globe at the top and its other end placed in water. Keyed, with explanation in text
    Related fellows
    Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
    Henry Power (1623 - 1668, British) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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