Drawing, engine called 'Machina metero-poetica' by unknown artist
Reference number: CLP/3i/63
Date: 1677
Description
This drawing and description of an (al)chemical engine called a 'machina metero-poetica', sent to the Royal Society by the governor of the Pleissenburg in Leipzig [Saxony, Germany], a mathematician who was especially interested in the making of optical instruments. The engine was discussed in the Royal Society meeting on 24 May 1677, 'but not thought satisfactory'.
Subject: Chemistry / Machinery
Read to the Royal Society on 24 May 1677.
- Reference number
- CLP/3i/63
- Earliest possible date
- 1677
- Physical description
- Ink and red chalk on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Drawing
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Drawing, engine called 'Machina metero-poetica' by unknown artist, 1677, CLP/3i/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_3i_63/drawing-engine-called-machina-metero-poetica-by-unknown-artist, accessed on 20 July 2025
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Classified papers: volume 3i concerning 'Mechanicks, Trades, Engineering, Navigation'
Reference number: CLP/3i
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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