Spectacles, sphere of sound and scales
Date
1684
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 150mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
Subject
Description
Five figures from issue 156 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Depiction of spectacles without glasses, designed so that visual rays received through them meet in one point.
Figure 2. A 'sphere of sound', demonstrating how sound travels.
Illustrations to ‘An introductory essay to the doctrine of sounds, containing some proposals for the improvement of acousticks; As it was presented to the Dublin Society Nov. 12. 1683. By the Right Reverend Father in God Narcissus lord Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin’ by Narcissus Marsh in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , vol. 14, issue 156 (20 February 1684). Original illustration of Figures 1-2 first shown at a meeting of the Royal Society on 16 January 1684, recorded in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/9/50, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/9.
Figures 3-5. Depiction of scales and weights, use to determine the weight of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Illustrations to ‘An account of the increase of Weight in Oyle of Vitriol expos’d to the Air’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 156 (20 February 1684).
Figure 1. Depiction of spectacles without glasses, designed so that visual rays received through them meet in one point.
Figure 2. A 'sphere of sound', demonstrating how sound travels.
Illustrations to ‘An introductory essay to the doctrine of sounds, containing some proposals for the improvement of acousticks; As it was presented to the Dublin Society Nov. 12. 1683. By the Right Reverend Father in God Narcissus lord Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin’ by Narcissus Marsh in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , vol. 14, issue 156 (20 February 1684). Original illustration of Figures 1-2 first shown at a meeting of the Royal Society on 16 January 1684, recorded in Letter Book Original of the Royal Society LBO/9/50, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/9.
Figures 3-5. Depiction of scales and weights, use to determine the weight of concentrated sulphuric acid.
Illustrations to ‘An account of the increase of Weight in Oyle of Vitriol expos’d to the Air’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 156 (20 February 1684).
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