RefNo | CLP/13/1 |
Level | File |
Title | Paper, 'The measure of the parts of a gyant-child [giant child], born in Scotland' by Sir Robert Moray |
Date | 1 July 1663 |
Description | Moray provides the measurements of an unusually large 22-month-old child, including leg, neck, shoulders, thigh given in inches. Also provides the measurements of a herring caught off the coast of Scotland, with a paper cut-out of a fish attached.
Subject: Anatomy / Zoology
Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1663 |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/2i/57 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |