RefNo | CLP/10iii/15 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, regarding preservation of grain in Moscovy by Peter Wyche |
Date | [1670] |
Description | Wyche provides details about life in Muscovy [Tsardom of Russia], including how grain is preserved, a bird called the heathcock that changes colour, frozen ground and methods used by gravediggers to penetrate it, and effects of the cold on substances including oil, blood, iron and steel.
Subject: Agriculture / Anthropology
Read to the Royal Society on 14 July 1670. |
Extent | 2p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/4/30 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7339 | Wyche; Sir; Peter (1628 - 1699); diplomat and translator | 1628 - 1699 |