MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1718-1720
Abstract:
A compendium of natural philosophical knowledge, written in 1718-1720 by John Questebrune, chaplain to the 6th Earl of Galway. The chapters treat the various parts of the physical world (earth, water, air, and fire), plants (including a great deal on medicinal plants), animals, and the human body and soul. The volume is embellished with decorative chapter headings and pen and ink and watercolor sketches depicting the terrestrial globe, the Ptolemaic and Copernican solar systems, the phases of the moon, and the human body in dissection.
Call #:
Mss.500.Q3
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
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Anatomy -- 18th century | Art | Astronomy -- 18th century | Botany -- 18th century | Chocolate | Coffee | Conception -- Early works to 1800 | Death | Diseases | Dissertations | Educational Material | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Hamilton, William, 1745-1813 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Maps and Surveys | Medicinal plants | Mineralogy -- 18th century | Natural history -- 18th century | Occultism -- Early works to 1900 | Physics -- Ireland -- Early works to 1800 | Questebrune, John | Religion and science | Science and technology | Sketchbooks | Sympathy | Tea