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Hauksbee's experiment on air pressure Finish:10-pack Below the view are humorousThe plate illustrates section III (pp. 69 70), 'An Experiment shewing the Difficulty of separating two Hemispheres, upon the injecting an Atmosphere of Air on their outward Surfaces, without exhausting the included Air'. Plate IIII from Physico mechanical experiments on various subjects, by Francis Hauksbee (London, 1709), presented to the Royal Society by the author on 26 October 1709. Hauksbee (ca. 1660 1713) was elected a Fellow of the Royal