Grinding apparatus
Date
1672
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
2 figures from issue 87 of The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, depicting 2 types of metal grinders.
Figure I. Profile view of the main body of a grinder, showing the axis and handle [above], and the pestle and mortar mechanism [below].
Figure II. Profile view of a table top version of the same machine.
Illustrations to ‘An extract of a Latin epistle of Dr. Joel Langelot […] Wherein is represented, that by three chymical operations,digestion, fermentation and triture, or grinding, (hitherto, in the authors opinion, not sufficiently regarded) many things of admirable use may be performed’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, issue 87 (14 October 1672).
Joel Langelott (1617 – 1680), German physician and alchemical writer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Figure I. Profile view of the main body of a grinder, showing the axis and handle [above], and the pestle and mortar mechanism [below].
Figure II. Profile view of a table top version of the same machine.
Illustrations to ‘An extract of a Latin epistle of Dr. Joel Langelot […] Wherein is represented, that by three chymical operations,digestion, fermentation and triture, or grinding, (hitherto, in the authors opinion, not sufficiently regarded) many things of admirable use may be performed’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 7, issue 87 (14 October 1672).
Joel Langelott (1617 – 1680), German physician and alchemical writer, was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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