Baroscope
Date
25 November 1673
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
f2 p1v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 203mm
width (page): 203mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of a baroscope in John Flamsteed's letter to Richard Towneley dated 25 November 1673, discussing the Toricellian experiment.
Transcription
And if wee take this figure for to represent a pillar of the Atmosphere erected from the earths super[fi]cies 2 the height to which the more grosse and weight vapors may ascend.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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