Title

Robert Boyle's experiments with air pumps, 1725. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Robert Boyle's experiments with air pumps, 1725. Using this apparatus, similar to Guericke's water barometer, Boyle (1627-1691) found that water could only be raised 33ft 6ins. From an edition of Boyle's works published in 1725.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1725

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B64_176

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 8,9in x 13,1in / 2672 x 3918 (300dpi)

Keywords

water building buildings country science British Ireland Irish pump experiment location century Britain physics pumping B&W MONOCHROME 17th century black & white black and white B W 18th century air pump Eighteenth Century seventeenth century Oxford Science Archive air pressure pneumatics engraving Unknown Robert Boyle Robert Boyle Robert Boyle engraving