Hygroscope, Saturn and a beetle
Date
1676
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
scientific environment & equipment
> instrument
nature
> animal
> insect
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Saturn
> instrument
nature
> animal
> insect
space
> Solar system
> planet
> Saturn
Description
Six figures from issue 127 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. A hygroscope, to measure humidity.
Figure 2. Unknown species of flying beetle, referred to here as a Flying hast.
Figures 1-2. Illustrating ‘An extract of a letter written from Dublin to the publisher, containing divers particulars of a philosophical nature, vix.a narraitive of a strange effect of thunder upon a magnetick sea-card; some remarks concerning the gradual alteration of the temperature of the air in divers countreys […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
Figure 3. Saturn as observed by Johannes Hevelius in August 1675. Illustrates ‘Ecliplis Solis anno 1675, die 23 Junnie mane ft.n.observ. Gedani a Job. Hevelio’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676). The original letter containing this diagram can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/H2/42.
Figures 4-6. Diagrams illustrating calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun. Illustrating ‘Mr, Flamsteads, Mr.Townlyes, Mr.Haltons, Signor Cassini’s and Monsieur Hevelius’s, observations of the late eclipse of the sun’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
The original letters containing figures four and five can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/F1/119. The original letter containing figure six only can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/C1/70 and Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/28/104.
Figure 1. A hygroscope, to measure humidity.
Figure 2. Unknown species of flying beetle, referred to here as a Flying hast.
Figures 1-2. Illustrating ‘An extract of a letter written from Dublin to the publisher, containing divers particulars of a philosophical nature, vix.a narraitive of a strange effect of thunder upon a magnetick sea-card; some remarks concerning the gradual alteration of the temperature of the air in divers countreys […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
Figure 3. Saturn as observed by Johannes Hevelius in August 1675. Illustrates ‘Ecliplis Solis anno 1675, die 23 Junnie mane ft.n.observ. Gedani a Job. Hevelio’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676). The original letter containing this diagram can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/H2/42.
Figures 4-6. Diagrams illustrating calculations for the beginning and end of the eclipse of the sun. Illustrating ‘Mr, Flamsteads, Mr.Townlyes, Mr.Haltons, Signor Cassini’s and Monsieur Hevelius’s, observations of the late eclipse of the sun’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 11, issue 127 (18 July 1676).
The original letters containing figures four and five can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/F1/119. The original letter containing figure six only can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/C1/70 and Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/28/104.
Related fellows
Johannes Hevelius (1611 - 1687, German/Polish) , Astronomer
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719, British) , Astronomer
Jean Dominique Cassini (1625 - 1712, Italian) , Astronomer, Astronomer
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