Flea, silkworm and seeds
Date
1699
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
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Eight figures from issue 249 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures 1-6. Microscopic studies of a flea, flea eggs, silkworm and the ‘bags’ created by the latter. Illustration to ‘I. An extract of a letter from Leghorn to Dr Martin Lister, November 24. 1698. Concerning Seignior Redi's manuscripts, and the generation of fleas’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vo. 21, issue 249 (February 1699).
Figure 7-8. Two seeds from China, one ignatia amara seed, and one unidentified seed, reportedly used to clean water. Illustration to ‘III. A further account of the China cabinet’ by Hans Sloane in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 249 (February 1699).
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671, and; Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
Figures 1-6. Microscopic studies of a flea, flea eggs, silkworm and the ‘bags’ created by the latter. Illustration to ‘I. An extract of a letter from Leghorn to Dr Martin Lister, November 24. 1698. Concerning Seignior Redi's manuscripts, and the generation of fleas’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vo. 21, issue 249 (February 1699).
Figure 7-8. Two seeds from China, one ignatia amara seed, and one unidentified seed, reportedly used to clean water. Illustration to ‘III. A further account of the China cabinet’ by Hans Sloane in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 249 (February 1699).
Martin Lister (1639-1712), British physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1671, and; Hans Sloane (1660-1753), Irish physician and collector, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1685.
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