Otocousticon
Date
30 November 1675
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
vol7 p422
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 303mm
width (page): 180mm
width (page): 180mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Figure of an otocousticon (a trumpet for hearing) by Thomas Mace (1612/13-c. 1709). Mace was at Trinity College, Cambridge, and an accomplished lutanist (despite being deaf) and author of Music's Monument (1676). The instrument is described by Isaac Newton in a letter dated 30 November 1675 to Henry Oldenburg.
This is copied from LBO/7/279. The original figure is at EL/N1/49/001.
This is copied from LBO/7/279. The original figure is at EL/N1/49/001.
Related fellows
Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727, British) , Natural philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
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