Skin pores, microscopic studies and geometric diagram
Date
1684
Creator
Michael Burghers (1630, Dutch) , 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
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Description
Four figures from issue 159 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Study of a hand, palm-up, with shaded areas highlighting the pores of the skin.
Figure 2. Microscopic study of the pores of the skin.
Illustrations to ‘The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet, by the learned and ingenious Nehemiah Grew, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Figure 3. Microscopic study of various specimens of hair and scales. Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter from Mr. Anthony Leewenhoeck at Delft, dated Sep. 17. 1683. Containing some microscopial observations […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Figure 4. Geometric diagram by John Collins, illustrating an algebraic theory. Illustration to ‘A letter from Mr. John Collins to the Reverend and learned Dr. John Wallis Savilian Professor of geometry at the University of Oxford, giving his thoughts about some defects in algebra’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Inscribed below: ‘MBurg. Sculp.’
Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) British botanist and physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671; Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680, and; John Collins (1625-1683), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.
‘MBurg Sculp.’ possibly refers to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career working in England.
Figure 1. Study of a hand, palm-up, with shaded areas highlighting the pores of the skin.
Figure 2. Microscopic study of the pores of the skin.
Illustrations to ‘The description and use of the pores in the skin of the hands and feet, by the learned and ingenious Nehemiah Grew, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians and of the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Figure 3. Microscopic study of various specimens of hair and scales. Illustrations to ‘An abstract of a letter from Mr. Anthony Leewenhoeck at Delft, dated Sep. 17. 1683. Containing some microscopial observations […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Figure 4. Geometric diagram by John Collins, illustrating an algebraic theory. Illustration to ‘A letter from Mr. John Collins to the Reverend and learned Dr. John Wallis Savilian Professor of geometry at the University of Oxford, giving his thoughts about some defects in algebra’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 14, issue 159 (20 May 1684).
Inscribed below: ‘MBurg. Sculp.’
Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) British botanist and physician was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671; Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch scientist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680, and; John Collins (1625-1683), British mathematician, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1677.
‘MBurg Sculp.’ possibly refers to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career working in England.
Related fellows
Nehemiah Grew (1641 - 1712, British) , Botanist
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
John Collins (1625 - 1683, British) , Mathematician, Mathematician
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