Record

RefNoCLP/3i/66
LevelItem
TitleExtract, 'A relation of the great effects of a new sort of burning speculum lately made in Germany' by unknown author
Date[1687]
DescriptionThis extract from the Acta Eruditorum of January [1687?] describes a concave burning speculum which the author had made in Lusace [Lusatia, a region situated in modern Germany and Poland].

Subject: Scientific Instruments

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A relation of the great effects of a new sort of burning speculum lately made in Germany: taken from the Acta Eruditorum of the month of January last: being a letter from the inventor to the authors of that journal'.

Read to the Royal Society on 22 June 1687.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0065
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions' Volume 16, Issue 188 (1686)
JBO/8/153
Add to My Items

    Collection highlights

    Browse the records of some of our collections, which cover all branches of science and date from the 12th century onwards. These include the published works of Fellows of the Royal Society, personal papers of eminent scientists, letters and manuscripts sent to the Society or presented at meetings, and administrative records documenting the Society's activities since our foundation in 1660.

    The Royal Society

    The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of
    the world's most eminent scientists and is the
    oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.
    Registered charity number 207043

    Website design ©CalmView



    CONTACT US

    + 44 207 451 2500
    (Lines open Mon-Fri, 9:00-17:00. Excludes bank holidays)

    6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG

    Email Us →

    SUBSCRIBE

    Subscribe to our newsletters to be updated with the
    latest news on innovation, events, articles and reports.

    Subscribe →

    © CalmView