Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9471
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Boyle’s second air pump
Date
1669
Object type
Library reference
30944
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 125mm
width (print): 125mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Boyle's second air pump, constructed after he gave his first "great Engine" (used in the original New experiments ... Touching the spring of the air, 1660) to the Royal Society. This plate shows "the delineation of the entire engine ready to be set at work". A small mammal [possibly a rat] can be seen within the glass dome of the air pump. Plate 1 from A continuation of New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects, Part 1, by Robert Boyle (Oxford, 1669).
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
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