RefNo | EL/L6/15 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Colin McLaurin [to the Royal Society], dated at Nancy in Lorraine |
Creator | Maclaurin; Colin (1698-1746); professor of mathematics, Edinburgh |
Date | 7 April 1723 |
Description | Concerning the birth of Siamese twins in Lorraine (engraved figures are attached); details of a girl who pretended to live without nourishment for 25 months, except for a little water |
Language | English |
Extent | 5p |
Format | Manuscript and Printed |
Place origin | Nancy, Grand Est, France |
Origin coordinates | 48.68333, 6.2 |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32, no 377, p 346 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/54b42472-57cf-496a-ac3c-1131aa26a59f |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8377 | MacLaurin; Colin (1698 - 1746) | 1698 - 1746 |