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Record 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
Time: evening
Place: city: London
other location: at the office
   
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, workmates)
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: 12128  
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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12128, accessed: 20 April 2024

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