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Instrument for Sounding the Depth of the Sea
Unknown1663-09-30
The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom
Diagram illustrating Hooke's invention for sounding the sea without a long line, using instead a ball sunk to the bottom of the sea by a weight which is released as soon as it touches the sea-floor and returns to the surface.
The design was was discussed at the meeting of the Royal Society on 30 September 1663, and printed in Philosophical Transactions, vol. 1 no. 9 (February 1666) and again in vol. 2 no. 24 (April 1667).
Details
- Title: Instrument for Sounding the Depth of the Sea
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1663-09-30
- Rights: Copyright The Royal Society, 2018
- External Link: Making Visible project, To license this image please visit the Royal Society Picture Library
- Medium: Brown ink and grey wash on paper
- Scientist: Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703)
- Field: Engineering and Technology
- Catalogue Reference: Cl.P/20/35/002
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