Frozen urine
Date
10 December 1662
Creator
Unknown, Artist
After
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p37
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 358mm
width (page): 238mm
width (page): 238mm
Subject
Description
Drawing of the branched structure of frozen urine observed by Robert Hooke and communicated to the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1662. It was printed in Hooke's Micrographia (1665), scheme VIII.
This manuscript is a copy of Register Book no. 2 (RBO/2i) and some letters to the Royal Society, all from between 1662 and 1664.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/6. Other copies can be found in RBO/2i/060 and MS/776/261.
This manuscript is a copy of Register Book no. 2 (RBO/2i) and some letters to the Royal Society, all from between 1662 and 1664.
The original drawing by Hooke is at Cl.P/20/6. Other copies can be found in RBO/2i/060 and MS/776/261.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1662, ‘Mr. Hooke communicated likewise some remarks on the figures in frozen urine, frozen water, and snow; and those of the small shootings of hoar-frosts; which were ordered to be registered’ (Birch 1:154).
Published as Figure 1 of Scheme VIII in Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London, 1665), described on pp. 88-91.
Published as Figure 1 of Scheme VIII in Robert Hooke, Micrographia (London, 1665), described on pp. 88-91.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place