Reference number | RBO/3/48 |
Alternative reference number | RBO.3.173 |
Level | Item |
Title | 'Experiment on Aloe Americana Serratifolia, weighed' by Christopher Merrett |
Description | Experiment carried out in 4 August 1656 Paper by Merrett regarding grafting bark of ash and sycamore trees back onto the trees themselves. Also includes an account of experiments with Aloe americana serratifolia demonstrating a degree of circulation occuring within the plant.
Subject: Botany
Published as two separate papers in Philosophical Transactions, the first titled 'Observations concerning the uniting of barks of trees cut, to the tree it self; made by Christopher Merret M. D. and read before the Royal Society January 9. 1666' and the second titled 'An experiment on Aloe Americana Serrati-folia weighed; seeming to import a circulation of the sappe in plants, by the same Dr. Merret'.
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1667. |
Language | English |
Extent | 2 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
Access status | Open |
Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0014 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1666.0015 |
Related records in the catalogue | CLP/10iii/11 |
RBC/2/87 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | Name | Dates |
NA8074 | Merrett; Christopher (? 1614 - 1695); physician and writer on natural philosophy | ? 1614 - 1695 |