Measuring the difference of the weight of liquors
Date
10 June 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p237
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 350mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Small drawing within the text of a small ring made of silver thread to aid in measuring the difference of the weight of liquors, as explained by a French visitor, Balthasar de Monconys (1611-1675). Monconys published an account of attending meetings of the Royal Society in his Relation d’un Voyage en Angelterre (1664).
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 10 June, 1663, ‘Mons. Monconys presented the society with two written papers of his; one containing a way of knowing exactly the difference of the weight of liquors, as he had shewed it at the preceding meeting; the other, describing the manner of ordering silk-worms in France. These papers were directed to be registered’ (Birch, 1:256).
Birch notes that Monconys, Relation d’un Voyage en Angelterre (1664), pp. 76-86, explains that he was introduced to the Society by Sir Robert Moray, who placed Monconys next to himself and translated the proceedings into French for him. The former account, including the figure, was printed in Birch 1:257-58.
Birch notes that Monconys, Relation d’un Voyage en Angelterre (1664), pp. 76-86, explains that he was introduced to the Society by Sir Robert Moray, who placed Monconys next to himself and translated the proceedings into French for him. The former account, including the figure, was printed in Birch 1:257-58.
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