Pneumatic engine
Date
14 July 1662
Creator
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p4
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 195mm
width (Page): 150mm
width (Page): 150mm
Subject
Description
Drawing of a pneumatic engine in a letter from Christian Huygens to Robert Moray.
A figure of a glass phial with a long neck inverted in a glass vessel, for conducting Torricellian experiments in an air pump. This was the apparatus used by Christian Huygens, as described in his letter of June 1662 to Robert Moray. This original letter was translated and read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 July 1662.
There are copies of this figure at EL/H1/11/005, LBO/1/036 and LBC/1/040.
A figure of a glass phial with a long neck inverted in a glass vessel, for conducting Torricellian experiments in an air pump. This was the apparatus used by Christian Huygens, as described in his letter of June 1662 to Robert Moray. This original letter was translated and read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 July 1662.
There are copies of this figure at EL/H1/11/005, LBO/1/036 and LBC/1/040.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 July 1662, ‘The translation of Monsieur Huygens’s letter of July 14, 1662, to Sir Robert Moray by the amanuensis, was read by him, and ordered to be entered in the letter book’ (Birch 1:102).
Related fellows
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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