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RefNoCLP/9i/75
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata' by Abraham Vater
Date[1730]
DescriptionPaper by Vater regarding his observations of a Mexican stone filter and his comparisons with other stones with respect to filtering water. English translation at CLP/9i/76.

Subject: Mineralogy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata. Auctore Abrahamo Vatero M. D. et P. P. Societ. Imper. Nat. Cur. et. Reg. Britann. et Boruss. Socio'.

Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1730.
LanguageLatin
Extent10p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0020
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 438, p 106
RelatedRecordRBO/15/59
CLP/9i/76
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4900Vater; Abraham (1684 - 1751)1684 - 1751
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