| RefNo | CLP/10ii/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Nova literaria physico-medica curiosa' by Johann Georg Steigertahl |
| Date | 20 November 1730 |
| Description | Paper on physico-medical curiosities, including a description of the cereus peruvianus [Peruvian cactus] which flowered in Nuremburg in 1730. English translation found at CLP/10ii/18.
Subject: Botany
Published in English in Philosophical Transactions as 'Nova literaria physico-medica curiosa; containing a description of the cereus which flowered at Norimberg in the year 1730. Communicated by Jo. Georg. Steigertahl Arch. Reg. Hanor. Prof. Helm. Soc. Honorar. Coll. Med. Lond. & R. S. S. to Sir Hans Sloane Bart. Pr. R. S. & Coll. Med. Lond. Translated from the Latin by T. Stack, M. D'.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 February 1730 [1731?]. |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1729.0065
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 36 (1730), p 462 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/15/57 |
| CLP/10ii/18 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7403 | Steigertahl; Johann Georg (c 1667 - c 1740) | c 1667 - c 1740 |