Frozen urine
Date
10 December 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p60
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 350mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Drawing of the branched structure of frozen urine observed by Robert Hooke and communicated to the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1662. It was printed in Hooke's Micrographia (1665), scheme VIII.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/6.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/6.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1662, ‘Mr. Hooke communicated likewise some remarks on the figures in frozen urine, frozen water, and snow; and those of the small shootings of hoar-frosts; which were ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:154).
Published as Figure 1 of Scheme VIII in Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London, 1665), described on pp. 88-91 (Fig. 1) and p. 93 (Fig. 6).
Published as Figure 1 of Scheme VIII in Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London, 1665), described on pp. 88-91 (Fig. 1) and p. 93 (Fig. 6).
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place