| RefNo | EL/S2/79 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Observations by John Scheuchzer |
| Date | nd |
| Description | Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1731 - on pains in legs caused by the cold; dissection of a person who suffered from nephritic pains
Read to the Royal Society on 3 February 1732 - observations of the aurora borealis; barometric observations from Zurich and St Gothard's Mount, Switzerland; lightning storm at Mellingen; details of crickets at Baden
Read to the Royal Society on 8 June - spring water in the parsonage at Schonholtzerschweil; details about a serpent which was 5.5 feet long |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 19p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1410 | Scheuchzer; Johann Jakob (1672 - 1733); mathematician and natural historian | 1672 - 1733 |