Figured stones (fossils)
Date
1698
Creator
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p5
Dimensions
height (page): 306mm
width (page): 189mm
width (page): 189mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Fossils found by Edward Lhuyd and drawn by William Jones. Printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 20, no. 243 (August 1698).
Transcription
An Explication of the Figures in the Plate with further Remarks by Another Fellow of the Royal Society
On back of page (52/002): Lhwyd to Lister / Ph. Tr. 243
In bottom corner of image page: Gul. Jones del.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
On back of page (52/002): Lhwyd to Lister / Ph. Tr. 243
In bottom corner of image page: Gul. Jones del.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
E. Lhuyd, ‘Concerning several regularly figured stones lately found’, Phil. Trans., vol. 20, no. 243 (August 1698), pp. 279-80.
William Jones is described by Lhuyd in the Phil. Trans. article as 'never practised before' (p. 280), and later 'my best designer'. See R. T. Gunther, Early Science in Oxford, 14 vols (Oxford: R. T. Gunther, 1923-45), XIV: Life and letters of Edward Lhwyd, Second Keeper of the Musaeum Ashmoleanum, p. 372. See ibid., pp. 397-400 for identification of the fossils.
William Jones is described by Lhuyd in the Phil. Trans. article as 'never practised before' (p. 280), and later 'my best designer'. See R. T. Gunther, Early Science in Oxford, 14 vols (Oxford: R. T. Gunther, 1923-45), XIV: Life and letters of Edward Lhwyd, Second Keeper of the Musaeum Ashmoleanum, p. 372. See ibid., pp. 397-400 for identification of the fossils.
Related fellows
Edward Lhuyd (1660 - 1709, British) , Naturalist and Antiquary, Naturalist
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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