Elements #3, Earth, Air, water and Fire
L0015958 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Diagram of four elements.
Woodcut 18th century
From: Ma'aseh Tobiyah (The Work of Tobias - Trans. Hebrew)
By: Tobias Cohen
Published: Stamparia Venice 1708
Folio 80v
Collection: Rare Books
Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue
Earth, air, water and fire – the 4 elements the ancients believed the world is made out of. Here are your scientists figuring out if that is true!
We decided to challenge them even farther and deeper. Having 4 different sizes of glass with candles of the same volume and height, they have been experimenting, and base on their founding, guided to diagram the experiment. Having raw data is great but being able to abstract it into a visual presentation to form a theory is even better, that what we have aimed for today!
Image Credit
L0015958 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Diagram of four elements.
Woodcut 18th century
From: Ma'aseh Tobiyah (The Work of Tobias - Trans. Hebrew)
By: Tobias Cohen
Published: StampariaVenice 1708
Folio 80v
Collection: Rare Books
Full Bibliographic Record Link to Wellcome Library Catalogue