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Print (Engraving) of 'The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy', from the Universal Magazine, London, 1748

Inventory Number 34199


Item type
Object
Makers
J. Hinton
Provenance
Presented by John Johnson in 1936.
Primary inscriptions
Above image: 'The First Lecture in Experimental Philosophy.'. Below image: 'Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, for J. Hinton at the Kings Arms, in St. Pauls Church-Yard London. 1748.'.
Physical material
Paper
Object type
Print
Inventory No
34199
Accession Number
1936-16/part

Description

Engraving from the Universal Magazine. Shows a school-room or lecture room in which a teacher is showing experiments to a group of students, with other instruments including a telescope in the background. The experiments appear to relate to fire, distillation, and ?volatile substances; they are labelled with numbers and so were described in the accompanying article.

Has been folded, so comes from the magazine.