Cider barrel
Date
14 July 1663
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p3
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 211mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Design of a barrel tapered downwards with holes, explained by Captain Silas Taylor in a letter to Henry Oldenburg dated 14 July, London. This was read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 22 July 1663.
Silas Taylor, alias Domville (1624-1678), was an active participant in the early Royal Society who never became a Fellow.
There are copies of this figure at RBO/2ii/191, RBO/2i/278, RBC/2/079, MS/215/084 and MS/776/461.
Silas Taylor, alias Domville (1624-1678), was an active participant in the early Royal Society who never became a Fellow.
There are copies of this figure at RBO/2ii/191, RBO/2i/278, RBC/2/079, MS/215/084 and MS/776/461.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 July 1663, ‘Col. Long was desired to peruse all the papers hitherto given in concerning cider, and to reduce them into one compleat history, adding his own observations and experience on that subject. Capt. Taylor was also desired to communicate what he knew of it in writing’ (Birch 1:272).
22 July 1663, ‘Capt. Taylor gave in his observations on cider, which were read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:280).
This was printed as part of 'Aphorisms concerning Cider' in John Evelyn, Sylva, or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions (London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1664), p. 49.
22 July 1663, ‘Capt. Taylor gave in his observations on cider, which were read, and ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:280).
This was printed as part of 'Aphorisms concerning Cider' in John Evelyn, Sylva, or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions (London: J. Martyn and J. Allestry, 1664), p. 49.
Related fellows
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
James Long (1616 - 1692, British) , Politician
James Long (1616 - 1692, British) , Politician
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