Hydatid, spawning tadpoles and the transits of Venus and Mercury
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1691
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The Royal Society, Publisher
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Description
13 figures to issue 193 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Fig. 1-4 Four microscopic anatomical observation of a hydatid here styled Lumbricus Hydropicus. Illustrations from ‘Lumbricus Hydropicus’, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 506-510. The paper by Dr Tyson was read at the Royal Society 22 February 1688 JBO/8/188. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/12i/31.
Fig. 5-11 Seven zoological studies of spawning tadpoles. Illustration from Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and of the production of tadpoles therein, by the learned and curious Richard Waller published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 523-524. Read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1690 JBO/9/21. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/15i/40.
Fig. 12-13 Two astronomical charts showing the transits of Mercury and Venus to determine the parallax of the sun. Illustrations to De visibili conjunction inferiorum planetarum cum sole, dissertation astronomica by E Halley, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 511-522.
Fig. 1-4 Four microscopic anatomical observation of a hydatid here styled Lumbricus Hydropicus. Illustrations from ‘Lumbricus Hydropicus’, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 506-510. The paper by Dr Tyson was read at the Royal Society 22 February 1688 JBO/8/188. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/12i/31.
Fig. 5-11 Seven zoological studies of spawning tadpoles. Illustration from Some observations made on the spawn of frogs, and of the production of tadpoles therein, by the learned and curious Richard Waller published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 523-524. Read at the meeting of the Royal Society on 17 December 1690 JBO/9/21. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/15i/40.
Fig. 12-13 Two astronomical charts showing the transits of Mercury and Venus to determine the parallax of the sun. Illustrations to De visibili conjunction inferiorum planetarum cum sole, dissertation astronomica by E Halley, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 16, issue 193 (1691), pp. 511-522.
Related fellows
Edward Tyson (1650 - 1708, British) , Physician
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
Edmond Halley (1656 - 1742, British) , Astronomer
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