Additional Observations upon some Plates of white Glass found at Herculaneum - 1763
Read before the Royal Society of London on April 9, 1761, Additional Observations upon some Plates of white Glass found at Herculaneum: In a Letter to Charles Morton, M.D. R.S.S. By J. Nixon, A.M. and F.R.S. deals with new information gleaned from the relics obtained from the ruins of Herculaneum.
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 A.D. It is located in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Boscoreal and Oplontis, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendor, because unlike Pompeii, its burial was so deep as to ensure the building's upper stories remained intact, and the hotter ash preserved wooden household objects (beds, doors etc.) and even food. Moreover Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii with an extraordinary density of fine houses, with far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise since it was known that the town itself had been largely evacuated. [Wikipedia]
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 123-135. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and one typical further page.
John Nixon (? - May 1777) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1744. [Wikipedia]
Charles Morton MD (1716–1799) was an English medical doctor and librarian who became the principal librarian of the British Museum. Morton first attended Leiden University from September 18, 1736. Some time before 1745, he moved to Kendal, Westmoreland, where he practiced as a physician. He then practiced in London for several years, and on April 19, 1750 he was elected physician to the Middlesex Hospital. He was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians on April 1, 1751. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on January 16, 1752, and was secretary of the Royal Society from 1760 to 1774. He was also a member of the Academy of St Petersburg. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society of London on April 9, 1761, Additional Observations upon some Plates of white Glass found at Herculaneum: In a Letter to Charles Morton, M.D. R.S.S. By J. Nixon, A.M. and F.R.S. deals with new information gleaned from the relics obtained from the ruins of Herculaneum.
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 A.D. It is located in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Boscoreal and Oplontis, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendor, because unlike Pompeii, its burial was so deep as to ensure the building's upper stories remained intact, and the hotter ash preserved wooden household objects (beds, doors etc.) and even food. Moreover Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii with an extraordinary density of fine houses, with far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise since it was known that the town itself had been largely evacuated. [Wikipedia]
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 123-135. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and one typical further page.
John Nixon (? - May 1777) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1744. [Wikipedia]
Charles Morton MD (1716–1799) was an English medical doctor and librarian who became the principal librarian of the British Museum. Morton first attended Leiden University from September 18, 1736. Some time before 1745, he moved to Kendal, Westmoreland, where he practiced as a physician. He then practiced in London for several years, and on April 19, 1750 he was elected physician to the Middlesex Hospital. He was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians on April 1, 1751. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on January 16, 1752, and was secretary of the Royal Society from 1760 to 1774. He was also a member of the Academy of St Petersburg. [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society of London on April 9, 1761, Additional Observations upon some Plates of white Glass found at Herculaneum: In a Letter to Charles Morton, M.D. R.S.S. By J. Nixon, A.M. and F.R.S. deals with new information gleaned from the relics obtained from the ruins of Herculaneum.
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 A.D. It is located in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. It is most famous for having been lost, along with Pompeii, Stabiae, Boscoreal and Oplontis, in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried it in superheated pyroclastic material. It is also famous as one of the few ancient cities that can now be seen in almost its original splendor, because unlike Pompeii, its burial was so deep as to ensure the building's upper stories remained intact, and the hotter ash preserved wooden household objects (beds, doors etc.) and even food. Moreover Herculaneum was a wealthier town than Pompeii with an extraordinary density of fine houses, with far more lavish use of colored marble cladding. The discovery in recent years of some 300 skeletons along the sea shore came as a surprise since it was known that the town itself had been largely evacuated. [Wikipedia]
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 123-135. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and one typical further page.
John Nixon (? - May 1777) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1744. [Wikipedia]
Charles Morton MD (1716–1799) was an English medical doctor and librarian who became the principal librarian of the British Museum. Morton first attended Leiden University from September 18, 1736. Some time before 1745, he moved to Kendal, Westmoreland, where he practiced as a physician. He then practiced in London for several years, and on April 19, 1750 he was elected physician to the Middlesex Hospital. He was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians on April 1, 1751. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on January 16, 1752, and was secretary of the Royal Society from 1760 to 1774. He was also a member of the Academy of St Petersburg. [Wikipedia]