Geometric diagrams and lizard
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
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Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Description
Eleven figures from issue 177 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-6. Geometric diagrams illustrating ‘The solutions of three chorographic problems, by a member of the Philosophical Society of Oxford’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figures 7-8. Anatomical study of the lacerta aquatic, showing the exterior (7) and internal organs (8). Illustrations to ‘A letter from William Molyneux Esq; to one of the Secretarys of the R. S. concerning the circulation of the blood as seen, by the help of a microscope, in the lacerta aquatica’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figures 9-10. Geometric diagrams illustrating Denis Papin’s theory of perpetual motion. Illustrations to ‘Observations of Dr. Papin, Fellow of the Royal Society, on a French paper concerning a perpetual motion’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figure 11. Table comparing different coins and the metals used to make them. Illustration to ‘Edvardus bernardus de mensuris & ponderibus. Oxonii e theatre Seldonio A.D. 1685’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figures 1-6. Geometric diagrams illustrating ‘The solutions of three chorographic problems, by a member of the Philosophical Society of Oxford’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figures 7-8. Anatomical study of the lacerta aquatic, showing the exterior (7) and internal organs (8). Illustrations to ‘A letter from William Molyneux Esq; to one of the Secretarys of the R. S. concerning the circulation of the blood as seen, by the help of a microscope, in the lacerta aquatica’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figures 9-10. Geometric diagrams illustrating Denis Papin’s theory of perpetual motion. Illustrations to ‘Observations of Dr. Papin, Fellow of the Royal Society, on a French paper concerning a perpetual motion’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Figure 11. Table comparing different coins and the metals used to make them. Illustration to ‘Edvardus bernardus de mensuris & ponderibus. Oxonii e theatre Seldonio A.D. 1685’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 177 (December 1685).
Related fellows
William Molyneux (1656 - 1698, British) , Natural Philosopher
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural philosopher
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