Phosphorus
Date
1677
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Library reference
7838
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 101mm
width (print): 86mm
width (print): 86mm
Subject
Description
Two figures showing flashing effects exhibited by phosphorus. Figure A shows the element on a shallow plate; figure b, within an oblong glass tube.
Plate associated with Observation 19, ‘De quatuor phosphoris’, by Johann Sigismund Elsholtz, Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica…1677 (Wroclow and Brieg, 1678) pp.32-36.
Inscribed above: ‘Phosphorus fulgurans.’
Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623-1688), German physician and natural philosopher, was Court physician to Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg.
Plate associated with Observation 19, ‘De quatuor phosphoris’, by Johann Sigismund Elsholtz, Miscellanea curiosa medico-physica…1677 (Wroclow and Brieg, 1678) pp.32-36.
Inscribed above: ‘Phosphorus fulgurans.’
Johann Sigismund Elsholtz (1623-1688), German physician and natural philosopher, was Court physician to Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg.
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