| RefNo | CLP/16/48 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An examination of the Roman and Greek foot, as well as of several other Italian measures, compared with the English foot' by Martin Folkes |
| Date | 1735 |
| Description | Folkes writes: 'In the wall of the capitol is a fair stone of white Marble, of the length of 8 foot 5 inches English, and of the breadth of 1 foot 9 inches and a half; upon which are inscrib'd the Standards of several Measures with these respective Inscriptons.' He presents and discusses these inscriptions. This paper is followed by annotated proofs of three papers from volume 39 of Philosophical Transactions, 'A catoptric microscope' by Robert Barker, Folkes' paper on measurements and 'Observationes nonnullae notatu non indignae, Anno 1734' by Johann Friedrich Weidler.
Subject: Metrology / History
Read to the Royal Society on 5 February 1735
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the standard measures preserved in the capitol at Rome' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 14p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Printed |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0054 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0052 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0053 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/19/41 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8378 | Folkes; Martin (1690 - 1754); antiquary and natural philosopher | 1690 - 1754 |