Fish and starfish in the Royal Society's Repository mb-code 00516607 showing scaffolding during repairs and

showing scaffolding during repairs and St Paul's Cathedral in the background

with boats on the river

To the left a potman emerges from a tavern ( the Grapes

Under side

Originally built for experimental purposes

Fish and starfish in the Royal Society's Repository mb-code 00516607 showing scaffolding during repairs andStudies of a 'Square Acarauna' (brought from Surinam, and known by mariners as 'The Old Wife'); a 'Mailed Fish of Brasile' (Brazil) 'Cataphractus Schonveldii' in Grew's description; upper and lower views of a 'Smooth Star Fish or Sea Pad, Stella marina laevior sent from the East Indies'; and a 'Crowned Star Fish. Stella marina coronalis taken in the Danish Sea'. Table 8 from the book Musaeum Regalis Societatis; or, A catalogue and description of the