Icicles, firefly and a siphon
Date
1685
Creator
Michael Burghers (1630, Dutch) , 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
Description
Nine figures from issue 167 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-2. Icicle specimens, one from Lake Natron, Tanzania, (1) and one from seawater (2). Illustrations to ‘Some Experiments about Freezing, and the difference betwixt common fresh water ice and that of sea water […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685). Original illustration can be found in Register Book Copy of the Royal Society, RBC/6, p122.
Figures 3-5. Views of a firefly, including from above and below, with and without a microscope. Illustrations to ‘Observations of the Cicindela Volans, or Flying Glow-worm, with the figure thereof made, and Designed by Richard Waller Esq. F. of the R. S.’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685).
Figure 6. Design of a siphon. Illustration to ‘The Description of a Siphon, performing the same things with the Sipho Wurtemburgicus; invented by Dr. Papin Fellow of the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685). Original illustration was first shown at a meeting of the Society on 17 December 1684, recorded in Register Book Original of the Royal Society RBO/6/47 and copied into Register Book Copy RBC/6 p159.
Figures 7-9. Design of various instruments used to cleave rocks, including a borer (7), a gun (8) and a quinnet (9). Illustrations to ‘ A letter from Mr J: Beaumont of stony-easton in Sommersetshire to one of the F. of the R. S. concerning a new way of cleaving rocks’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685).
Inscribed below ‘MBurghers Sculp.’; possibly referring to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career in England.
Figures 1-2. Icicle specimens, one from Lake Natron, Tanzania, (1) and one from seawater (2). Illustrations to ‘Some Experiments about Freezing, and the difference betwixt common fresh water ice and that of sea water […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685). Original illustration can be found in Register Book Copy of the Royal Society, RBC/6, p122.
Figures 3-5. Views of a firefly, including from above and below, with and without a microscope. Illustrations to ‘Observations of the Cicindela Volans, or Flying Glow-worm, with the figure thereof made, and Designed by Richard Waller Esq. F. of the R. S.’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685).
Figure 6. Design of a siphon. Illustration to ‘The Description of a Siphon, performing the same things with the Sipho Wurtemburgicus; invented by Dr. Papin Fellow of the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685). Original illustration was first shown at a meeting of the Society on 17 December 1684, recorded in Register Book Original of the Royal Society RBO/6/47 and copied into Register Book Copy RBC/6 p159.
Figures 7-9. Design of various instruments used to cleave rocks, including a borer (7), a gun (8) and a quinnet (9). Illustrations to ‘ A letter from Mr J: Beaumont of stony-easton in Sommersetshire to one of the F. of the R. S. concerning a new way of cleaving rocks’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 167 (28 January 1685).
Inscribed below ‘MBurghers Sculp.’; possibly referring to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career in England.
Related fellows
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Natural philosopher
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
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