Barometric apparatus
Date
1704
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p149
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 300mm
width (paper): 188mm
width (paper): 188mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Instrument for an experiment of the descent of mercury in a barometer in a storm. Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 24, no. 292 (1704).
Object history
Francis Hauksbee, 'An experiment, to show the cause of the descent of the mercury in the barometer in a storm', Phil. Trans., vol. 24, no. 292 (1704), pp. 1629-30.
Related fellows
Francis Hauksbee (1688 - 1763, British) , Instrument maker
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