Paper, 'Relation of a firy appearance of the imagge of mens and horses feet' by Reverend E [Edward] Cotton

Reference number: CLP/4i/14

Date: 18 May 1664

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Cotton describes a firy appearance of the image of mens' and horses' feet, and the unusual 'glowing' appearance of the moorland in Devon [England] as it was walked across.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1664

Reference number: CLP/4i/14
Earliest possible date: 18 May 1664
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Edward Cotton

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Edward Cotton, Paper, 'Relation of a firy appearance of the imagge of mens and horses feet' by Reverend E [Edward] Cotton, 18 May 1664, CLP/4i/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_14/paper-relation-of-a-firy-appearance-of-the-imagge-of-mens-and-horses-feet-by-reverend-e-edward-cotton, accessed on 04 December 2025

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Classified papers of the Royal Society
1660-1741 Reference number: CLP
Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
1661-1728 Reference number: CLP/4i

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Dates: 1592 - 1741

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