Machina metereo-poetica
Date
3 January 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p1
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 195mm
width (page): 310mm
width (page): 310mm
Subject
Description
This (al)chemical engine is called a 'machina metereo-poetica' and was sent to the Royal Society by the governor of the Pleissenburg in Leipzig, a mathematician who was especially interested in the making of optical instruments. The engine was discussed in the meeting on May 24th 1677, 'but not thought satisfactory'.
Transcription
p. 3: Explicatio notarum ad Machinam Metero-poeticam
p. 6: Haec Basilius Titel. Serenissimi Electoris saxoniae supremus vigilum preafectus et Guebernator castelli Lipsiensis dicti Pleissenburg; ad N.N. et D. 3 Januar. 1662
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p. 6: Haec Basilius Titel. Serenissimi Electoris saxoniae supremus vigilum preafectus et Guebernator castelli Lipsiensis dicti Pleissenburg; ad N.N. et D. 3 Januar. 1662
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 24 May 1677, ‘Mr. Oldenburg shewed the Society the scheme of an engine called machina metereo-poetica, together with an explication of it; which was read, but not thought satisfactory' (Birch 3:340).
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