Philosophical experiments and observations. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert Hooke ; edited by W. Derham.
• Other Names: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703; Derham, W (William), 1657-1735
• Contents: Of the invention of the barometer -- Kingkardine's observations of pendulum clocks at sea -- Hooke's experiment of weighing air -- A brief account of the experiments tried before the Royal Society, with glass balls -- The pressures of bodies on different mediums -- Hooke's enquiries for Greenland -- Hooke's enquiries for Iceland -- Hooke's proposals on the resistance of air -- Hooke's experiment on the refraction of ice and crystal -- Hooke's method of making experiments -- Oldenburg's letter to Hooke, 23 August 1665 -- Powell's letter to Daniell, 6 January 1665/66 -- Powell's letter to Daniell, 27 September 1666 -- Brown's account of petrified bone, & c -- Towneley's observations of water -- Fran's letter on earthquakes -- On bees-wax -- Carte on the belland -- Hooke's weather-clock -- Hooke's self-emptying vessel -- Toinard on longitude -- Toinard on the eclipses of Jupiter -- Hooke on hailstones -- Paschall's letter to Hooke, 4 January 1680 -- Leuwenhoek on animalcules -- Reiselius' letter to grew, 6 March 1680 -- Pigot's letter to Hooke, 26 November 1681 -- Leuwenhoek on the structure of hair, & c -- Hooke's letter to Trapham, 18 February 1681/82 -- Leuwenhoek on the fibres of muscles -- Carte on worms in the stomach -- Yonge's letter to Hooke -- Molyneux's anatomical observations -- Hooke on the rule of false position -- Hooke on earths, salts, & c -- Hooke's experiments on floating of lead -- Hooke's experiments on the pressure of water in pipes -- Experiments on the elasticity of the air -- Experiments on compression -- Observations of sound -- Hooke's windmill -- Hooke's contrivance to stop great weights falling -- Hooke on impressions of medals -- Hooke on reproducing pictures -- Hooke on the improvement of scales, & c -- Japanese scales -- Hooke on the weight of liquors -- Hooke on magnetism in drills -- Hooke on the strength of ice -- Hooke on the expansion of water by freezing -- Hooke on the specific gravity of ice -- Hooke on the phaenomena of i Hooke on long-distance communication -- Hooke's discourse of carriages -- Houses paying chimney-money -- Hooke on the barometer -- Bolognian phosphorus -- Liquid phosphorus -- Metallic phosphorus -- Brandt on Phosphoros elementaris -- Baldwyn on phosphorus -- De germinatione metalli -- Baldwyn on tin -- On orvietano -- Ink for printing -- Divers curious recepts, collected by Hooke -- Caswell's discourse on the sun-dial -- Hooke's way of finding the true Meridian -- Hooke on dimensions in the mixture of vitriol and fair water -- An account of the plant called Bangue -- Hooke on gems -- Wallis' account of printing in Oxford -- Hooke on instruments for sounding the great depths of the sea -- Hooke's observations on the lake-wetter in Swedeland -- Hooke's discourse converning telescopes and microscopes -- Hooke's invention of a reflecting telescope -- Waller's observations on Hooke's discourse on telescopes and microscopes -- Hooke's account of an earthquake at deal -- Southwell's contrivance for speedy conveyance of Earth -- Hooke on the quantity of gold up the River Gambay -- Hooke's experiments and observations on heated iron -- Hooke's account of De la Hire's Discourse of frost -- Hooke on a draughting instrument -- Hooke on a way to measure heights and distances -- Smith's letter to Halley, 12 June 1695 -- Hooke on the improvement of the barometer -- Hooke's conjectures on shell-fish -- Hooke's discourses concerning Amber -- Lowthorp on atmospheric refraction -- Gray on a solar eclipse -- Geoffroy's observations on the nostock -- Waller on the burning-glasses of the ancients -- Waller's account of Mistichelli's Trattato dell' apoplessia -- The pores of sensitive plants -- Mechanical ways of drawing conical figures -- Cotton Mather's letter to Waller, 1 December 1713 -- Waller's relation of petrified bodies of men, & c -- Hooke's answer to some claimes of Cassini.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 1967
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 509.42; Science -- Early works to 1800; Science; Electronic books; Early works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781136230295; 1136230297; 0714611158
• Related ISBNs: 9780714611150
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.