Machine for preparing apples for cider-making
Date
25 October 1677
Creator
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p104
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 301mm
width (page): 190mm
width (page): 190mm
Subject
Description
A diagram, possibly incomplete, representing a device that grated apples more effectively in order to make cider. The minutes of the Royal Society meeting record that Hooke mentioned 'an expedient of rasping [...] apples much easier by help of a cylinder covered with tin plates made of the form of a grater' (Birch 3:346). To the manuscript transcription on this page, Hooke has added 'the shap[e] whereof is here annexed', presumably indicating this diagram. The note 'Leaue the space of half a side to insert the figure & description' suggests that a more complex diagram was intended for insertion in the official minutes.
Transcription
Leave the space of half a side to insert the figure & description
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
The first 120 pages in this folio consist of notes taken by Robert Hooke after going through the draft notes of his predecessor, Henry Oldenburg, as Secretary. The remaining pages are notes taken by Hooke as Secretary while attending the Royal Society meetings. It includes a folder of loose materials which were removed from the folio without noting where they came from before it was acquired by the Society.
Related fellows
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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