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Hydrostatic balance

This balance, which was found in Joseph Plateau’s Cabinet de Physique demonstrates how Archimedes’ principle works.
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Wire frames for surface tension study

Thanks to Neyt, Joseph Plateau managed to capture the fragile soap bubbles in three-dimensional stereo photographs.
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History of Sciences subcollection

Throughout the 19th century, old instruments and devices were being scrapped at an ever-faster pace and replaced with new or more efficient equipment. At the be...
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