Baroscope
Date
25 November 1673
Creator
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Object type
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Manuscript page number
f2 p2v
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 312mm
width (page): 198mm
width (page): 198mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of the dish holding the mercury of the baroscope. In a letter from John Flamsteed to Richard Towneley, dated 25 November 1673.
Transcription
The dish which holds the stagnant mercury in my Baroscope is made as in this figure with a kind of under tube about 1/2 in. long and as wide as in this figures so that letting the cane downe to the bottom of the glasse I can safely carry it out, with ordinary care.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Related fellows
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
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