| RefNo | CLP/17/53 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Letter extract, regarding an 'arcuccio' from Oliver St John to unknown recipient |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | Recommending that a child is placed in an 'arcuccio' (or arcutio - a wooden frame) during the winter which can be placed under bedclothes without child being smothered. Communicated by R Graham. Original figure attached.
Subject: Engineering
Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1731
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An extract of a letter from Oliver St. John, Esq; F. R. S. dated from Florence, November the 30th, 1731, N. S. Communicated by R. Graham, F. R. S.' |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2P |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1731.0044 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/16/55 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7723 | St John; Oliver (c 1691 - 1743) | c 1691 - 1743 |