The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Nicholas Waite ( - fl. 1685)
Merchant Source of object(s)Relevant locations: Workplace or place of business London, England
Linked print sources: as Author (in assoc. with a ms or print source) - A letter from Mr. Nich. Waite merchant of London, to Dr. Rob. Plot; concerning some incomebustible cloth, lately exposed to the fire before the Royal Society.
as Correspondent - A letter from Mr. Nich. Waite merchant of London, to Dr. Rob. Plot; concerning some incomebustible cloth, lately exposed to the fire before the Royal Society.
Linked Objects: Collector - incombustible linen
References in Documents:
A Letter from
Mr. Nich. Waite
Merchant of
don
to
concerning someIncom
bustible Cloth,
lately exposed to the Fire before
the
the
Sir,
ed and ingenious Gentlemen of the
prevailed with me, within few days after my arrival in
this City, to expose to their sight & examination a piece of
LinnenClothLinnen Cloth
in the fire:
Sept. 10th 1684.Your most assured Humble
Servant
Handkerchief or pattern of this
nen
engraven Fig. 3.) being measured, was found in length
9 Inches, between the fringe or tassells; the fringe at each
end being 3 Inches more; so that the whole was just a
foot in length; and the breadth was just ½ a foot.
There were two proofs of its resisting fire, given at
cietyAug. 20. 1684Oyl was permitted
to be poured upon it whilst red hot, to enforce the vio
lence of the fire: before it was put into the fire this first
trial, it weighed one ounce, six drams, sixteen grains, and
lost in the burning two drams, five grains.
The second Experiment of it was publick before the Society, Nov. 12
the Journal of the Society before it was put into the fire,
one ounce, three drams, 18 grains. Being put into a
clear Charcoal fire, it was permitted to continue red hot
in it, for several minutes: when taken out (though red
hot) it did not consume a piece of white paper, on which
it was layd: it was presently cool, and upon weigh
ing it again, was found to have lost one dram, 6 grains.
Arthur BaylyFellows of the R.
Society, presented them with a
Linnen
name of WaiteBayly
being brought to Experiment was again re
peated on it (Dec. 16.Charcoal fire in the
of the
it had continued red hot for some considerable time, it
was taken forth again little altered when cold, saving
that it seemed a little whiter and cleaner than before it
was put in; as appears upon the Journal of that
Concerning which,
thoughts, drew up the following Discours, which was read
before the said June the 23d An. 1685.
A Letter from
Mr. Nich. Waite
Merchant of
don
to
concerning someIncom
bustible Cloth,
lately exposed to the Fire before
the
the
Arthur BaylyFellows of the R.
Society, presented them with a
Linnen
name of WaiteBayly
being brought to Experiment was again re
peated on it (Dec. 16.Charcoal fire in the
of the
it had continued red hot for some considerable time, it
was taken forth again little altered when cold, saving
that it seemed a little whiter and cleaner than before it
was put in; as appears upon the Journal of that
Concerning which,
thoughts, drew up the following Discours, which was read
before the said June the 23d An. 1685.