Fossils
Date
1675
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
5 figures from issue 110 of the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society, including various fossilized and crystal specimens.
Figures I and II. Fossilized sharks’ teeth, referred to here as Glossopetra.
Figures III and IV. Anandalite crystal, referred to here as Iris crystal.
Figure V. Fossilized spine of a sea urchin, Cidaroid echinoid, referred to here as Lapides judaici.
Illustrations to ‘Some observations and experiments made, and in a letter communicated to the publisher, for the R. Society, by the learned and inquisitive Mr. Martin Lister’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 9, issue 110 (25 January 1675).
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Figures I and II. Fossilized sharks’ teeth, referred to here as Glossopetra.
Figures III and IV. Anandalite crystal, referred to here as Iris crystal.
Figure V. Fossilized spine of a sea urchin, Cidaroid echinoid, referred to here as Lapides judaici.
Illustrations to ‘Some observations and experiments made, and in a letter communicated to the publisher, for the R. Society, by the learned and inquisitive Mr. Martin Lister’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 9, issue 110 (25 January 1675).
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671.
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
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