Drawing instrument, Saturn and a melon plant
Date
1669
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
width (paper): 205mm
height (paper): 240mm
height (paper): 240mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Four figures to issue 45 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Fig. I Diagram of an instrument for drawing objects in perspective.
Fig. II – III Images of Saturn showing the position of the planet above and below the corona.
Fig. IV Botanical study of a melon plant showing how to prune it.
Fig. I Illustration to The Description of an instrument invented divers years ago by Dr Christopher Wren, for drawing any object in perspective, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 898-899 (25 March 1669).
Fig. II-III Illustration to An observation of Saturn, rectifying some former observation of that planet. An observation of Saturne, made at Paris, the 17th of August, 1668. at hor. 11½, at night, by M. Hugens, and M. Picart; as 'tis describ'd in the journal des scavans of Febr. 11. 1669, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 900-901, (25 March 1669).
Fig. IV Illustration to An extract of a letter of M. Dela Quintiny’s Letter… concerning his way of ordering Melons, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 901-903 (25 March 1669). A copy of the drawing can be found in the Letter Book of the Royal Society LBO/1/30.
Christopher Wren (1632–1723) British architect, mathematician, and astronomer, was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1660 and serving as its President between 1680-1682.
Christian Huygens (1629-1695, Dutch), Natural philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1663.
Jean Picard (1620-1682) French astronomer.
Jean de la Quintinie (1626-1688) French lawyer and horticulturalist.
Fig. I Diagram of an instrument for drawing objects in perspective.
Fig. II – III Images of Saturn showing the position of the planet above and below the corona.
Fig. IV Botanical study of a melon plant showing how to prune it.
Fig. I Illustration to The Description of an instrument invented divers years ago by Dr Christopher Wren, for drawing any object in perspective, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 898-899 (25 March 1669).
Fig. II-III Illustration to An observation of Saturn, rectifying some former observation of that planet. An observation of Saturne, made at Paris, the 17th of August, 1668. at hor. 11½, at night, by M. Hugens, and M. Picart; as 'tis describ'd in the journal des scavans of Febr. 11. 1669, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 900-901, (25 March 1669).
Fig. IV Illustration to An extract of a letter of M. Dela Quintiny’s Letter… concerning his way of ordering Melons, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 4, issue 45, pp. 901-903 (25 March 1669). A copy of the drawing can be found in the Letter Book of the Royal Society LBO/1/30.
Christopher Wren (1632–1723) British architect, mathematician, and astronomer, was a founding Fellow of the Royal Society, elected in 1660 and serving as its President between 1680-1682.
Christian Huygens (1629-1695, Dutch), Natural philosopher, mathematician and astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society 1663.
Jean Picard (1620-1682) French astronomer.
Jean de la Quintinie (1626-1688) French lawyer and horticulturalist.
Related fellows
Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723, British) , Architect
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
Christiaan Huygens (1629 - 2006, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
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