Author:Francis Hauksbee

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Francis Hauksbee
(1660–1713)

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Physico-Mechanical Experiments on various subjects, containing an account of several surprising phenomena touching Light and Electricity, producible on the attrition of Bodies (1709)

Philosophical Transactions

"An Experiment, to show the cause of the descent of the Mercury in the Barometer in a Storm" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1629–1630
"An experiment made at a meeting of the R. Society Decemb. 20. 1704. of firing gun-powder on a red hot Iron in Vacuo Boyliano" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1806–1807
"An account of an experiment made Decemb. the 26th, 1704. To try the quality of air, produc'd from gunpowder, fir'd in Vacuo Boyliano" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1807–1809
"Experiments on the production and propagation of light from the phosphorus in vacuo" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1865–1866
"An account of an experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham college, upon the propagation of sound in condensed air" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1902–1904
"An experiment made at a meeting of the Royal Society, touching the diminution of sound in air rarefy'd" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), p. 1904
"Experiments on the resilition of bodies in common air, in vacuo and in air condens'd, made at a meeting of the Royal Society at Gresham college" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 1946–1948
"An experiment on the descent of malt dust in the evacuated receiver, at Gresham college" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), p. 1948
"Several experiments on the mercurial phosphorus, made before the Royal Society, at Gresham-College" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2129–2135
"Several experiments on the attrition of bodies in vacuo. Made before the Royal Society at Gresham College" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2165–2175
"An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society, touching the proportion of the weight of air, to the weight of a like bulk of water, without knowing the quantity of either" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2221–2222
"An experiment made at Gresham-College, shewing that the seemingly spontaneous ascention of water in small tubes open at both ends is the same in vacuo as in the open air" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2223–2224
"[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 24/An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, together with a repetition of the same, touching the production of a considerable light upon a slight attrition of the hands on a glass globe exhausted of its air|An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, together with a repetition of the same, touching the production of a considerable light upon a slight attrition of the hands on a glass globe exhausted of its air]]" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2277–2282
"An account of an experiment, confirming one lately made, touching the production of light, by the effluvia of one glass falling on another in motion" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2313–2315
"An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham-Colledge, touching the extraordinary elistricity of glass, produceable on a smart attrition of it" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2327–2335
"Several experiments shewing the strange effects of the effluvia of glass, produceable on the motion and attrition of it" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2372–2377
"An experiment shewing, that the springs or constituent parts of air are capable to suffer such disorder, by a violent impulse, as to require time to recover their natural state" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2412–2413
"An account of an experiment made before the Royal Society at Gresham College, May 28. 1707" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 2415–2417
"[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 24/An account of the repetition of an experiment touching motion given bodies included in a glass, by the approach of a finger near its outside: with other experiments on the effluvia of glass|An account of the repetition of an experiment touching motion given bodies included in a glass, by the approach of a finger near its outside: with other experiments on the effluvia of glass]]" in Philosophical Transactions, 24 (1705), pp. 82–86
"An account of some experiments, touching the electricity and light producible on the attrition of several bodies" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 87–92
"An account of an experiment touching the different densities of the air, from the greatest natural heat, to the greatest natural cold in this climate" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 93–96
"An account of the success of an attempt to continue several atmospheres of air condensed in the space of one, for a considerable time" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 217–218
"An account of an experiment, touching the production of light within a globe glass, whose inward surface is lin’d with sealing-wax, upon an attrition of its outside" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 219–221
"An account of some experiments, in relation to the weight of common water under different circumstances" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 221–222
"Several experiments touching the seeming spontaneous ascent of water" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 258–266
"An account of an experiment touching the different densities of common water, from the greatest degree of heat in our climate, to the freezing point, observ'd by a thermometer" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 267–268
"An account of some experiments, in relation to the weight of common water, under different circumstances" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 269–270
"An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purg’d of air" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 302–304
"An account of an experiment touching the freezing of common water, ting'd with a liquid said to be extracted from shell-lac" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 304–305
"An experiment touching the weighing of bodies of the same species, but of very unequal surfaces, in common water, being of an equal weight in common air" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 306–308
"An account of an experiment, shewing that actual sound is not to be transmitted through a vacuum" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 367–368
"An account of an experiment, touching the propagation of sound, passing from the sonorous body into the common air, in one direction only" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 369–370
"An account of an experiment touching the propagation of sound through water" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 371–372
"An account of an experiment, shewing that an object may become visible through such an opake body as pitch in the dark, while it is under the ctrcumstances of attrition and a vacuum" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 391–392
"An account of an experiments, touching an attempt to produce light on the inside of a globe-glass lin’d with melted flowers of sulphur, as in the experiments of sealing-wax and pitch" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 439–443
"Experiments concerning the time required in the descent of different bodies, of different magnitudes and weights in common air, from a certain height" in Philosophical Transactions, 26 (1709), pp. 196–198
"Experiments concerning the Effects of air pass'd through red hot mettals, &c." in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 199–203
"[[Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886)/Volume 27/A description of the apparatus for making experiments on the refractions of fluids: with a table of the specifick gravities, angles of observations, and ratio of refractions of several fluids|A description of the apparatus for making experiments on the refractions of fluids: with a table of the specifick gravities, angles of observations, and ratio of refractions of several fluids]]" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 204–207
"An account of the repetition of an experiment of the late Dr. Hooke’s, concerning two liquors, which, when mixt together, will possess less space, than when separate" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 325–327
"An account of an experiment, concerning an endeavour to produce Light thro’ a Metallick Body, under the Cirumstances of a vaccum and attrition. By Mr. Fr. Hauksbee, F. R. S." in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 328–330
"An account of an experiment touching the direction of a Drop of Oil of Oranges, between two glass planes, towards any side of them that is nearest press’d together" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 395–396
"An account of some experiments touching the keeping of fishes in water different circumstances" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 431–434
"An account of an experiment, concerning the angle requir’d to suspend a drop of oyl of oranges, at certain stations, between two glass planes, placed in the form of wedge" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 473–474
"The specifick gravities of several metalline cubes, in comparison with their like bulks of water" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 511–512
"An account of an experiment touching the ascent of water between two glass planes, in an hyperbolick figure" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 539–540
"A description of the several strata of earth, stone, coal, &c. found in a coal-pit at the west end of Dudley in Staffordshire" in Philosophical Transactions, 27 (1711), pp. 541–544
"An account of an experiment touching the proportions of the ascent of spirit of wine between two glass planes" in Philosophical Transactions, 28 (1713), pp. 151–152
"An account of same farther experiments touching the ascent of water between two glass planes in an hyperbolick curve" in Philosophical Transactions, 28 (1713), pp. 153–154
"A farther account of the ascending of drops of spirit of wine between two glass planes twenty inches and an half long" in Philosophical Transactions, 28 (1713), pp. 155–156

Works about Hauksbee

"Hauksbee, Francis," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

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