The Cameleon by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard
Reference number: MS/366/2/1
Date: 1661
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A note on the first page states that the paper was read on 30 October 1661. Further notes state that the paper was put in the R[egister] B[ook] [volume] 1 [page] 106 and 'Ph[ilosophical] Trans[actions] 137.
Discusses the etymology of the word 'cameleon' and the contemporary views, connotations and parables associated with the animal. The main part of the paper comprises a detailed anatomical study of the cameleon based on observations of a specimen, and dissection after its death. Discusses the observations of others including Aristotle.
A summary of this paper appears in Philosophical Transactions Volume 12, Number 137 (10 February 1678), page 930.
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- MS/366/2/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1661
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- 22 pages
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- Manuscript
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The Cameleon by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard, 1661, MS/366/2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_2_1/the-cameleon-by-dr-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 09 December 2024
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Date: 1st February 1678
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