Sketch
Date
1688
Creator
Henri Justel (1620 - 1693, French) , Royal Librarian, Librarian
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p4
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 207mm
width (page): 144mm
width (page): 144mm
Description
Drawing on the back of a letter from Henry Justel to Edmond Halley. The letter concerns a recently published book from Paris about China with a description of Peking, and the heating of water using a ball of copper filled with an unspecified material. The letter was read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1688. The drawing appears to be unrelated to the contents of the letter.
Object history
2 May 1688, 'There was read a note from Mr Justell concerning a manner of heating water by a ball of Copper filled with some materialls which conceive heat. The same mentions a book lately printed at Paris being a relation of China translated out of Portuguise, where in is a plan of the City of Peking made to a scale, whereby it appears to be much less than either Martinius or Dr Bossius represent it' (JBO/8/202-203).
Related fellows
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Henri Justel (1620 - 1693, French) , Royal Librarian, Librarian
Henri Justel (1620 - 1693, French) , Royal Librarian, Librarian
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