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    Deer horns and loadstone compasses

    Date
    1697
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    The Royal Society, Publisher
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    Seven figures to issue 227 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.

    Fig. 1 Zoological study of deer horns dug up by Mr Henry Osborn at Dardistown, County of Meath, Ireland. Comparative study of common stag horns at fig. 2 and bucks horns at fig. 3.

    Inscribed ‘Philosophical Transactions no. 227. Fig: 1st. The Hornes & Head of a Moose Deer of Ireland. Fig: 2nd. A Pair of Common Stags Hornes. Fig: 3rd. A Pair of Common Bucks Hornes. All by ye same scale.’

    Illustrations to A discourse concerning the large horns frequently found under ground in Ireland, concluding from them that the great American deer, call’d a moose, was formerly common in that Island: with remarks on some other things natural to the country. By Thomas Molyneux, published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 227 (Apr 1697) pp.489-512.

    Fig. 4-7 Compass designs by Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, showing different shaped glass tubes with loadstone sealed inside.

    Illustrations to Part of a Letter from Mr. Antony van Leuwenhoeck, dated Apr. 5. 1697. Giving an Account of several Magnetical Experiments; and of one who pretended to sure of cause Diseases at a Distance, by applying a Sympathetick Powder to the Urine. Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 227 (Apr 1697) pp.512-521.

    Thomas Molyneux (1661-1733) Irish physician, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1686.

    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1680

    Related fellows
    Thomas Molyneux (1661 - 1733, Irish) , Physician
    Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632 - 1723, Dutch) , Natural philosopher
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