RefNo | CLP/21/44 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Account of the Ancient State of the city of Palmyra with short remarks upon the Inscriptions found there' by Edmond Halley |
Date | 1695 |
Description | Discusses the ruins of Palmyra, or Tadmor. Notes that it 'seems very well to be proved to be the same city which Solomon the Great King of Israel is said to have founded under that name'. Read to the Royal Society on 8 January 1695.
Subject: History, Antiquarian |
Language | English |
Extent | 6p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0023 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 19 issue 218 (1695), p 160 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |