Cardiac polyp and sunspot
Date
1684
Creator
Michael Burghers (1630, Dutch) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
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Description
Four figures from issue 157 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, including a cardiac polyp and sunspot.
Figures 1-3. Anatomical studies of a cardiac polyp. Illustrations to ‘An account of a polypus found in the heart of a person that died epileptical, at Oxon’ by William Gould in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 157 (20 March 1684).
Figure 4. Diagram illustrating a sunspot, as observed between April-June, 1683. Illustration to ‘An account of a spot seen in the Sun from the 25th. Of April to the 8th. Of May instant, with the line of its course predicted, if it make a second return’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 157 (20 March 1684).
‘Inscribed: ‘Philosoph. Transact. Numb. 157.
MBurghers Sculp.’
‘MBurghers’ possibly refers to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career working in England.
Figures 1-3. Anatomical studies of a cardiac polyp. Illustrations to ‘An account of a polypus found in the heart of a person that died epileptical, at Oxon’ by William Gould in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 157 (20 March 1684).
Figure 4. Diagram illustrating a sunspot, as observed between April-June, 1683. Illustration to ‘An account of a spot seen in the Sun from the 25th. Of April to the 8th. Of May instant, with the line of its course predicted, if it make a second return’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 157 (20 March 1684).
‘Inscribed: ‘Philosoph. Transact. Numb. 157.
MBurghers Sculp.’
‘MBurghers’ possibly refers to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career working in England.
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