Obelisks, water engines
Date
1685
Creator
Unknown, 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
Four figures from issue 178 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-2. Two obelisks, one [left as viewed] representing an obelisk found near Mataria, Cairo, and the other [right] represents one of three of Cleopatra’s Needles, from Alexandria. Illustrations to ‘An explanation of the cuts of two porphyry pillars in AEgypt’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (December 1685).
Figures 3-4. Illustrations of the cylindrical vessel for holding water in a water-engine or fountain, by W. Tenon and Denis Papin. Illustrations to ‘A letter, subscribed W. Tenon, concerning Dr. Papin’s new water-engine’ and ‘A full description, with the use, of the new contrivance for raising water propounded in the Phil Trans. No.173’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (December 1685).
Inscribed in the bottom right corner: 'MBurghers Sculp'; possibly a reference to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career in England.
Figures 1-2. Two obelisks, one [left as viewed] representing an obelisk found near Mataria, Cairo, and the other [right] represents one of three of Cleopatra’s Needles, from Alexandria. Illustrations to ‘An explanation of the cuts of two porphyry pillars in AEgypt’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (December 1685).
Figures 3-4. Illustrations of the cylindrical vessel for holding water in a water-engine or fountain, by W. Tenon and Denis Papin. Illustrations to ‘A letter, subscribed W. Tenon, concerning Dr. Papin’s new water-engine’ and ‘A full description, with the use, of the new contrivance for raising water propounded in the Phil Trans. No.173’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 15, issue 178 (December 1685).
Inscribed in the bottom right corner: 'MBurghers Sculp'; possibly a reference to Michael Burghers (c.1647-1727), Dutch illustrator and artist, who spent most of his career in England.
Related fellows
Denis Papin (1647, French) , Natural Philosopher
Associated place