Fossils
Date
4 November 1673
Creator
William Lodge (1649 - 1689, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p379a-b
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 260mm
width (page): 384mm
width (page): 384mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Fossils from the Craven area drawn by William Lodge, who Martin Lister described as 'that ingenious Gentleman and excellent Artist, my very good friend'. The fossils were described by Lister in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 4 November 1673 at York. It was read at the meeting on 13 November 1673 and printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 8, no. 100 (1674), pp. 6181-71.
These images are copied in LBC/6/466a.
These images are copied in LBC/6/466a.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 13 November 1673, ‘Mr. Oldenburg read a paper of Mr. Lister, containing an account of some of the parts of certain stones figured like plants, together with thirty-seven figures, curiously drawn to represent the same’ (Birch 3:110).
Printed in M. Lister, 'A description of certain stones figured like plants', Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 100 (February 1674), pp. 6181-91.
Printed in M. Lister, 'A description of certain stones figured like plants', Phil. Trans. vol. 8, no. 100 (February 1674), pp. 6181-91.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Associated place