Rain gauge and water microscope
Date
1696
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Description
Two figures to issue 223 of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Fig. 1 Design of a rain gauge used to at Gresham College, London, between 12 August 1695 and 12 August 1696.
Illustration to An account of the quantities of rain fallen in one year in Gresham Colledge, Lond. Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 223 (Nov-Dec 1696) p.357. The original drawing by Henry Hunt can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society, CLP/5/1.
Fig. 2 Design of a brass microscope using water to create a double convex lens.
Illustration from A letter from Mr. Stephen Gray, giving a further account of his water microscope, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 223 (Nov-Dec 1696) pp.353-356.
Stephen Gray (ca.1666-1736) British astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.
Fig. 1 Design of a rain gauge used to at Gresham College, London, between 12 August 1695 and 12 August 1696.
Illustration to An account of the quantities of rain fallen in one year in Gresham Colledge, Lond. Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 223 (Nov-Dec 1696) p.357. The original drawing by Henry Hunt can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society, CLP/5/1.
Fig. 2 Design of a brass microscope using water to create a double convex lens.
Illustration from A letter from Mr. Stephen Gray, giving a further account of his water microscope, published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.19, issue 223 (Nov-Dec 1696) pp.353-356.
Stephen Gray (ca.1666-1736) British astronomer, elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1733.
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Stephen Gray (1666 - 1736, British) , Astronomer
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