Paper, 'Account of the Egyptian ovens for the hatching of chickens' by Monsieur Monconis Monconis describes the kilns ('les fours') which he has seen used in Cairo for the incubation and hatching of chicken eggs. Subject: Agriculture Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1663 A related paper by George Ent was published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The manner of hatching chicken at Cairo, observed by Mr. John Graves, sometime Professor of Astronomy at Oxford; and communicated by Sr. George Ent, late President of the college of Physitians, London.' nd