Record Number: 6324

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... [Edmond] Halley's paper on the causes of the Noachian deluge was finally printed in the Philosophical Transactions some thirty years after being read at the [Royal] Society ..."

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

Royal Society

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edmond Halley

Title:

paper on the causes of the Noachian deluge

Genre:

Science, Natural history

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6324

Source:

Print

Author:

Adrian Johns

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Place of Publication:

Chicago

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

501 n.119

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making (Chicago, 1998), p. 501 n.119, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=6324, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None