Map of a coal mine
Date
20 September 1672
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p372
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 313mm
width (page): 197mm
width (page): 197mm
Subject
Description
Map of a coal mine showing where thermometers (C and K) were placed by Richard Towneley in part of his letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 20 September 1672. It was presented to the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 November 1672, when the figure was ordered to be enlarged by the amanuensis. The paper appears to have been read on 27 November 1672, though there is no record of it in the Journal Book.
This image is copied from EL/T/23a/001. There is another copy in LBC/5/409.
This image is copied from EL/T/23a/001. There is another copy in LBC/5/409.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 November 1672, ‘Mr. Townley’s figure, representing a thermometrical experiment of his, made at a considerable depth under ground, was ordered to be drawn large by the amanuensis, against the next meeting’ (Birch 3:60).
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place