Geometric diagrams, trees
Date
1686
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 150mm
width (page): 213mm
width (page): 213mm
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Ten figures from issue 187 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures I-VII. Botanical studies of trees, including scotch firs (I-IV), hazels (V-VII) and a poplar (VIII), that were subject to dendrology experiments by Thomas Brotherton and Robert Hooke. Illustrations to ‘An account of several curious observations and experiments, concerning the growth of trees; made by Thomas Brotherton, of Hey, in the County of Lancaster […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 187 (June 1686).
Figures I-III. Geometric diagrams disproving theories used to determine the size of the sun and moon, and to determine the distance between two stars. Illustrating ‘Concerning the apparent magnitude of the sun and moon, or the apparent distance of two stars, when nigh the horizon, and when higher elevated’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 187 (June 1686).
Robert Hooke (1635–1703), British natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Thomas Brotherton was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Figures I-VII. Botanical studies of trees, including scotch firs (I-IV), hazels (V-VII) and a poplar (VIII), that were subject to dendrology experiments by Thomas Brotherton and Robert Hooke. Illustrations to ‘An account of several curious observations and experiments, concerning the growth of trees; made by Thomas Brotherton, of Hey, in the County of Lancaster […]’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 187 (June 1686).
Figures I-III. Geometric diagrams disproving theories used to determine the size of the sun and moon, and to determine the distance between two stars. Illustrating ‘Concerning the apparent magnitude of the sun and moon, or the apparent distance of two stars, when nigh the horizon, and when higher elevated’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 187 (June 1686).
Robert Hooke (1635–1703), British natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society, and; Thomas Brotherton was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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