Hygroscope, barnacle, cloth
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three figures from issue 172 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure 1. Various barnacle specimens. Illustration to ‘Some observations on the French Macrense, and the Scotch Bernacle; together with a continuation of the account of boyling’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Figure 2. A hygroscope, for measuring humidity, as designed by William Molyneux. Illustration to ‘A letter from William Molyneux Esq; Sec. Of the Dublin Society; to one of the F. Of the R. S. Concerning a new Hygroscope, invented by him’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Figure 3. Incombustible linen. Illustration to ‘A letter from Mr. Nich. Waite merchant of London, to Dr. Rob. Plot; concerning some incomebustible cloth, lately exposed to the fire before the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Figure 1. Various barnacle specimens. Illustration to ‘Some observations on the French Macrense, and the Scotch Bernacle; together with a continuation of the account of boyling’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Figure 2. A hygroscope, for measuring humidity, as designed by William Molyneux. Illustration to ‘A letter from William Molyneux Esq; Sec. Of the Dublin Society; to one of the F. Of the R. S. Concerning a new Hygroscope, invented by him’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Figure 3. Incombustible linen. Illustration to ‘A letter from Mr. Nich. Waite merchant of London, to Dr. Rob. Plot; concerning some incomebustible cloth, lately exposed to the fire before the Royal Society’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol 15, issue 172 (22 June 1685).
Related fellows
William Molyneux (1656 - 1698, British) , Natural philosopher
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