Furnace for calcining the 'Bologna Stone' (phosphorous)
Date
1680
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p152
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 128mm
width (paper): 78mm
width (paper): 78mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Print of a furnace for calcining the 'Bologna Stone' (phosphorus), discussed by Marco Antonio Cellio, an astronomer and instrument-maker based in Rome. Cellio's book was reviewed in Philosophical Collections, edited by Robert Hooke.
Object history
This print is from Marco Antonio Cellio, Il fosforo, o'vero la pietra bolognese (Rome, 1680). The book is reviewed and this figure reproduced in Philosophical Collections, 3 (10 December 1681), unnumbered plate before p. 43.
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural Philosopher
Henry Oldenburg (1612 - 1677, German) , Scientific correspondent
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural Philosopher
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