| Reference number | CLP/9i/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, a relation of persons killed in subterraneous damps by Robert Moray |
| Date | [1662] |
| Description | Describes the death by fumes of out of work colliers who resorted to excavating too near old mining 'wastes' at Lord Sinclair's coalpit in Scotland after the collapse of the main room they were mining. Breaking through to the 'wastes', areas that that had previously been mined, released 'bad air' containing not only 'Damp' but 'stifling fumes and vapours' caused by fires that burned underground for years.
Read to the Royal Society on 14 January 1662
Subject: Industry / Mining |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0023
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 3 (1665), p 44 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/2i/25 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |