Record Number: 12128
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Thence home and to my office; wrote by the post, and then to read a little in Dr Powre's book of discovery by the Microscope, to enable me a little how to use and what to expect from my glasse.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:13 Aug 1664
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: London
other location: at the office
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:23 Feb 1633
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical
Genre:Science, Technology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1664
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:12128
Source:Samuel Pepys
Editor:Robert Latham
Title:The diary of Samuel Pepys
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1971
Vol:5
Page:241
Additional Comments:
co-editor William Matthews
Citation:
Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys, (London, 1971), 5, p. 241, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12128, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None