Record Number: 6216

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"[Robert] Hooke had been able to read letters in what would otherwise be reckoned darkness, thanks to one of his artificial organs contrived from 'an ordinary double Convex Spherical Lens.'"

Century:

1600-1699, 1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Reader:

Robert Hooke

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1635

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

letters

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6216

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:

431

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 431, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6216, accessed: 01 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

Not clear whether letters referred to are pieces of correspondence, or written letters of alphabet (for testing lens).