Barnacles in Scotland
Date
8 March 1661
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p17
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 318mm
width (page): 202mm
width (page): 202mm
Subject
Description
A figure of a barnacle observed by Robert Moray on the shores of the Isle of Berneray, showing that the shell had some cross sutures dividing it into five parts which were fastened to each other. Moray's account was read to the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 March 1661, and entered into the Register Book on 8 March 1661. It was printed in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678).
The original Register Book entry is at RBO/1/015. There is another version at Cl.P/15i/1/001 and another copy at RBC/1/020.
This volume is another copy of entries of the first two volumes of the Register Book. It was given to Sir Joseph Banks by G. S. Heales Esquire of Doctor's Common on 31 May 1814.
The original Register Book entry is at RBO/1/015. There is another version at Cl.P/15i/1/001 and another copy at RBC/1/020.
This volume is another copy of entries of the first two volumes of the Register Book. It was given to Sir Joseph Banks by G. S. Heales Esquire of Doctor's Common on 31 May 1814.
Object history
At the meeting of the Royal Society on 6 March 1661, ‘Sir Robert Moray having given in, probably this day, his relation concerning the bernacles [sic], it was registered on the 8th of March’ (Birch 1:18).
Printed as fig. 3 in Robert Moray, ‘A relation concerning barnacles’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 925-27.
Printed as fig. 3 in Robert Moray, ‘A relation concerning barnacles’, Phil. Trans. vol. 12, no. 137 (January and February 1678), pp. 925-27.
Related fellows
Robert Moray (1608 - 1673, British) , Natural philosopher
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