An isthmus which is supposed to have joined England and France
Date
1701
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p180
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 115mm
width (paper): 900mm
width (paper): 900mm
Subject
Description
Proof print of the figure of the isthmus between England and France conjectured by John Wallis, with the inscription 'For a Tra[n]s act[tion]'.
Transcription
lettering a, b, c,
at the bottom: For a Tras act [= Transactions]
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
at the bottom: For a Tras act [= Transactions]
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Printed in John Wallis, ‘Isthmus, or neck of land which is supposed to have joined England and France in former times, where now is the passage between Dover and Calais’, Phil. Trans., vol. 22, no. 275 (October 1701), pp. 967-79.
Related fellows
John Wallis (1616 - 1703, British) , Mathematician
Associated place