M0014707: Robert Boyle's apparatus for compressing air, 1682

Date:
June 1956
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/131/46
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2021: Boyle's apparatus for compressing air.

Description

Illlustration showing a mecurial gauge, apparatus for compressing air and a wind-gun, published in Boyle, Robert: A continuation of New experiments physico-mechanical touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects, London : M. Flesher for R. Davis, 1682. Related images: M0014706, M0014708, M0014709, M0014710

Publication/Creation

June 1956

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/14991.3

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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