The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Science and Society in Restoration England
Secondary Title (i.e. Proceedings Title): Periodical Title: Publication Type:book Authors:Hunter, Micheal Editors: Publisher:CUP Place of Publication:Cambridge Publication Date:1981 Alternate Date (i.e. Conference Date): Volume: Issue: Start Page: End Page: Abstract: Descriptors/Keywords:universal language; repository ISBN: URL:Documents in Print Item: No Documents Listed in Print Item Attached People: Subject of/in a document - Hubert, Robert (fl. 1669-)
Subject of/in a document - Royal Society (-)
Subject of/in a document - Courten, William (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)
Subject of/in a document - Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)
Mentioned or referenced by - Willisel, Thomas (bap. 1621-d. 1675?)
Mentioned or referenced by - Hicks [Captain] (-fl. 1674)
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Items Which List This As A Bibliographic Source: Some Literary Evidence of the Developmen..., page: 206, notes:
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Annotation:Francis Bacon laid the methodological foundation of accumulated observation that would be expressed in the accumulation of objects in the Royal Society's Repository (13-14, 18, 42, 66-70). The collection was used for serious study and research, not mere diversion (66-7).
On the relationship between words and things, Hunter discusses the members' at a universal language, "a clear and systematic language that could ... objectively classify ideas and data about natural phenomena in what [in John Wilkins's words] 'prove the shortest and plainest way for the attainment of real Knowledge'" (119).