Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.17406

    Glass vessels for experiments in freezing coloured water

    Date
    30 December 1663
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p515
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 320mm
    width (page): 200mm
    Subject
    Description
    Differently shaped glass vessels for Theodore Haak's experiments of frost separating parts of coloured water (coloured with cochineal) or mixed with other liquids. This paper was read to the Royal Society on 30 December 1663.

    These images are copied from the Register Book (RBO/2i/333-36 or RBO/2ii/230-32). The original is at Cl.P/4i/9/001-02.

    This volume is another copy of entries of the first two volumes of the Register Book. It was given to Sir Joseph Banks by G. S. Heales Esquire of Doctor's Common on 31 May 1814.
    Object history
    At the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 December 1663, ‘Mr. Haak’s account of his experiments of frost’s separating the parts of coloured water, was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:362). Text and figures are printed at Birch 1:362-64.
    Related fellows
    Theodore Haak (1605 - 1690, German) , Natural philosopher
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