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Date
17th century
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
f97 p4
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 146mm
width (page): 101mm
width (page): 101mm
Description
Possibly a rough sketch of Robert Hooke's instrument to sound the depth of the sea without a line, printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 1, no. 9 (February 1666).
Transcription
Number 152 in a square [David Gregory's numbering of his papers]
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 September 1663, ‘Mr. Hooke brought in the description of the new ways contrived by him for sounding the depth of the sea without a line, and fetching water from any depth; which were ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:307). Text and figure printed in Birch 1:307-08.
Printed in R. Hooke, 'Appendix to the Directions for Seamen, bound for far Voyages', Phil. Trans., vol. 1, no. 9 (February 1666), pp. 147-49, and again in 'Directions for observations and experiments to be made by masters of ships, pilots and other fit persons in their sea voyages', Phil. Trans., vol. 2, no. 24 (April 1667), pp. 433-48.
Printed in R. Hooke, 'Appendix to the Directions for Seamen, bound for far Voyages', Phil. Trans., vol. 1, no. 9 (February 1666), pp. 147-49, and again in 'Directions for observations and experiments to be made by masters of ships, pilots and other fit persons in their sea voyages', Phil. Trans., vol. 2, no. 24 (April 1667), pp. 433-48.
Related fellows
David Gregory (1659 - 1708, British) , Astronomer, Astronomer
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural Philosopher
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural Philosopher