Paper, 'Account of the Egyptian ovens for the hatching of chickens' by Monsieur Monconis
Reference number: CLP/17/3
Description
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.'
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- CLP/17/3
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Account of the Egyptian ovens for the hatching of chickens' by Monsieur Monconis, CLP/17/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_3/paper-account-of-the-egyptian-ovens-for-the-hatching-of-chickens-by-monsieur-monconis, accessed on 17 March 2025
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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. External link, opens in new tab.
Author: John Graves
Date: 1st February 1678
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1677.0031
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'The manner of Hatching Chicken at Cairo observed by Mr John Graves 1639' communicated to the Royal Society by George Ent
Creator: George Ent Reference number: RBO/3/78
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