Entomological studies, marine barometer
Date
1701
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Subject
Biology
> Entomology
Physics
> Optics
> Microscopy
Earth Sciences
> Meteorology
Engineering & Technology
> Entomology
Physics
> Optics
> Microscopy
Earth Sciences
> Meteorology
Engineering & Technology
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Description
Eight figures from issue 269 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figures I-VII. Studies of pupal cases found on the leaf of a willow tree (VII), and detail views of the larvae and flies that emerge from them (I-VI). Illustrations to ‘III. Part of a letter of Mr Anthony Van Leuwenhoeck, F. R. S. concerning excrescencies growing on willow leaves, &c’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.22, issue 269 (February 1701).
Original letter from Leeuwenhoek containing these images can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society, EL/L3/26.
Figure VIII. Marine barometer, designed by Robert Hooke, described in ‘V. An account of Dr Robert Hook's invention of the marine barometer, with its description and uses, published by order of the R. Society’ by Edmond Halley in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.22, issue 269 (February 1701).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680; Edmond Halley (1656-1742), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678, and; Robert Hooke (1635–1703), British natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
Figures I-VII. Studies of pupal cases found on the leaf of a willow tree (VII), and detail views of the larvae and flies that emerge from them (I-VI). Illustrations to ‘III. Part of a letter of Mr Anthony Van Leuwenhoeck, F. R. S. concerning excrescencies growing on willow leaves, &c’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.22, issue 269 (February 1701).
Original letter from Leeuwenhoek containing these images can be found in Early Letters of the Royal Society, EL/L3/26.
Figure VIII. Marine barometer, designed by Robert Hooke, described in ‘V. An account of Dr Robert Hook's invention of the marine barometer, with its description and uses, published by order of the R. Society’ by Edmond Halley in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.22, issue 269 (February 1701).
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680; Edmond Halley (1656-1742), British astronomer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1678, and; Robert Hooke (1635–1703), British natural philosopher, was a Founding Fellow of the Royal Society.
Related fellows
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Microscopist
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
Robert Hooke (1635 - 1703, British) , Natural philosopher
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