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Record Number: 12129


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After dinner, to my chamber and made an end of Dr Powre's book of the Microscope, very fine and to my content'

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

14 Aug 1664

Country:

England

Time

afternoon: after dinner

Place:

city: London
specific address: Seething Lane
location in dwelling: At home, in his chamber

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Samuel Pepys

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:

Henry Power

Title:

Experimental philosophy...containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical

Genre:

Science, Technology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1664

Provenance

owned


Source Information:

Record ID:

12129

Source:

Print

Author:

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://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12129, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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