| RefNo | CLP/19/92 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, answer to some queries proposed by William Molyneux concerning Lough Neagh by Edward Smith, Fellow of Trinity College Dublin |
| Date | [1685] |
| Description | '1. Whether Lough-Neagh hath really the quality of petrifying Wood? To this I answer, that no experiment, or observation yet made, (that I can hear of) can prove the Lough has this petrifying quality; or that the water do' s any way help or promote the petrification; for that two experiments made by a Gentleman of worth and good credit (whose Estate lies contiguous to the Lough, and whose curiositie prompted him to a more diligent search who into this this matter) plainly prove the contrary.'
Subject: Geography
Published in 'Philosophical Transactions', as 'An answer to some quæries proposed by Mr. William Molyneux, concerning Lough-Neagh: by Mr. Edward Smyth, Fellow of Trinity Colledge in Dublin'
Read to the Royal Society on 29 July 1685 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper. |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1685.0054
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 15, no 174 (1685), p 1108 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5638 | Molyneux; William (1656 - 1698); natural philosopher and writer | 1656 - 1698 |
| NA1404 | Smith; Edward (1665 - 1720); clergyman | 1665 - 1720 |