A method of hatching eggs in Cairo
Date
5 March 1668
Creator
Unknown, Artist
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Manuscript page number
p292
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Dimensions
height (page): 362mm
width (page): 230mm
width (page): 230mm
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Description
A figure of the building where there are 14 ovens (heated by the dung of camels and buffalos) for hatching eggs on each side of a long passage, ab.
This method of hatching eggs in Cairo was described by John Greaves (1602-1652), a professor of astronomy at Oxford who had travelled to Alexandria, Rhodes and Cairo (1635-1640). Robert Moray presented this at the meeting of the Royal Society on 5 March 1668. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678).
This method of hatching eggs in Cairo was described by John Greaves (1602-1652), a professor of astronomy at Oxford who had travelled to Alexandria, Rhodes and Cairo (1635-1640). Robert Moray presented this at the meeting of the Royal Society on 5 March 1668. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678).
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 5 March 1668, ‘Sir George Ent communicated Mr. John Greaves’s description of the manner of hatching chickens at Grand Cairo; which was read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 2:255).
Printed in John Greaves (to Sir George Ent), ‘The manner of hatching chicken at Cairo’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 923-25, refs to figs I and II, p. 925.
Printed in John Greaves (to Sir George Ent), ‘The manner of hatching chicken at Cairo’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 923-25, refs to figs I and II, p. 925.
Related fellows
George Ent (1604 - 1689, British) , Natural philosopher
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