Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.14474

    Fangs and teeth of a viper

    Date
    1664
    Creator
    Unknown, Artist
    After
    Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Manuscript page number
    p192
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (page): 365mm
    width (page): 233mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
          > Herpetology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > snake
    Description
    Fangs and teeth of a viper in Robert Hooke's study of the anatomy of the viper. This was read to the Royal Society on 2 November 1664, and ordered to be registered.

    This is a copy of the drawing in the Register Book Original at RBO/3/063. The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/37/001.
    Object history
    At the meeting of the Royal Society on 2 November 1664, ‘There was also read Mr. Hooke’s fuller account of the teeth of a viper seen thro’ the microscope transparent and hollow, together with other observations made of the internal parts of that animal; which account was ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:480-81). Text and figure printed in Birch 1:481-82.
    Related fellows
    Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
    Associated place
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