Cross-hatching in stone
Date
1690-91
Creator
Unknown, Artist
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p280
Material
Dimensions
height (page): 364mm
width (page): 236mm
width (page): 236mm
Subject
Description
Marginal drawing of cross-hatching pattern that appeared in stone in 'Memoires of Naturall Remarques in the county of Wiltshire, to which are annexed observables of the same kind in the county of Surrey and Flynt-shire' by John Aubrey, FRS. This manuscript is a transcript of Aubrey's original made by B. G. Cramer, Clerk to the Royal Society, in 1690-91.
Transcription
That part of the Stone, that is cemented is crosse hatched (as in the Margent) that the Pitch, or Cement may stick the better.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
By John Aubrey, FRS. This manuscript is a transcript of Aubrey's original manuscript (1685). It was transcribed by B. G. Cramer, Clerk to the Royal Society, at the behest of the Society in 1690-91.
At page 67 is inserted a map of a navigable passage from Bristol to London, engraved by Thomas Jenner in 1668, with the arms of the borough. Six leaves of additional matter are inserted at page 276, and four more at page 304.
At page 67 is inserted a map of a navigable passage from Bristol to London, engraved by Thomas Jenner in 1668, with the arms of the borough. Six leaves of additional matter are inserted at page 276, and four more at page 304.
Related fellows
John Aubrey (1626 - 1697, British) , Antiquary
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