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RefNoEL/S2/88
LevelItem
TitleObservations by John Scheuchzer
Datend
DescriptionRead to the Royal Society on 8 February 1733 - barometric observations from St Gothard's Mount in Switzerland by Father Gardians of the Capuchins of St Gothard

Read to the Royal Society on 16 December 1731 - observation of cataracts of the eye; concerning icy dendrites; a membranous kidney of a hog with the ureter extended; unusual crystals in Switzerland

Read to the Royal Society on 1 March 1733 - the anatomy of a male badger; observations of a lunar eclipse under the meridian of Lucern on 13 February 1729

Read to the Royal Society on 27 April 1732 - concerning 'mola' in the womb; crystals of sal scoliense; concerning a worm found in the skin of a weezel; concerning flies at Baden
LanguageEnglish
Extent14p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
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CodePersonNameDates
NA1410Scheuchzer; Johann Jakob (1672 - 1733)1672 - 1733
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