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Print (Engraving) Loose plate and page torn from The Gentleman's Magazine, Representation of a Wheel Barometer, June, 1765

Inventory Number 13744


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.13744

Item type
Object
Physical technique
Line engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 208mm Width: 123mm
Inventory No
13744

Description

Loose page [p.272] includes a description of a wheel barometer. Plate has engraving of a wheel barometer with two figures captioned 'Representation of a Wheel barometer' with pencil annotation 'R. Hookes' in a single lined border. 'Gent. Mag. June. 1765' at top corner edge. Roughly torn at edge.