Speaking trumpet
Date
ca.1687
Creator
John Clayton (1657 - 1725, British) , Clergyman
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p126r
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 151mm
width (page): 192mm
width (page): 192mm
Subject
Description
Side view of a speaking trumpet from a letter from John Clayton to Robert Boyle of 1687.
Drawing from the Robert Boyle papers.
Drawing from the Robert Boyle papers.
Transcription
Above: ‘A speaking trumpet 13 foot long.’
Below: ‘from a to b is a direct cone the orifice of an inch & halfe diameter, of b 16 inches, the lips of b 3 inches [goe –deleted] broad goeing round the whole orifice’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Below: ‘from a to b is a direct cone the orifice of an inch & halfe diameter, of b 16 inches, the lips of b 3 inches [goe –deleted] broad goeing round the whole orifice’.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Appears within ‘An account of Virginia’ by John Clayton, but is unconnected with the main manuscript.
In a letter from John Clayton to Robert Boyle, 1687: ‘from Huntingdon Shire I sent you a Draught of the Speakeing trumpet wch if you send to his Majestie as you told me you designed I should be glad to hear wt. acceptance it found’ (RB/3/6/36).
In a letter from John Clayton to Robert Boyle, 1687: ‘from Huntingdon Shire I sent you a Draught of the Speakeing trumpet wch if you send to his Majestie as you told me you designed I should be glad to hear wt. acceptance it found’ (RB/3/6/36).
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place