The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Mr. Ducing ( - )
Relationships: Mr. Ducing was a donor to Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)Linked print sources: as Donator of object(s) - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
incrustated
Don. Nath. PriestleyJo. Hotham
Upon the Receipt of this, I cut one of
them asunder; it is three
Inches Diameter; the shining Cover is very thin, and an
incredible
Quantity of Hair close wrought therein, by the Motion of the Sto
mach
which in these Creatures are very strong and frequent, where
by the Hair is compacted
together, as Wool by the Workman's Hand
in making a Hat. The Hair of this is brown,
whereas another in
this Collection (sent from Ducing
all was taken out of a Cow of
Foot in Compass, and more compress'd than the
former.