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RefNoRBO/2i/9
AltRefNoRBO.2i.45
LevelItem
Title'Subterraneous Experiments or Observations made in Coalmines in October 1662 by Dr Power'
Date1662
DescriptionFive experiments explained with figure of a weather glass in margin; observations of damp in the mine identifying three types of damp (the common, the suffocating and the fiery); observations of William Gerrard's pits in Lancashire

Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1662

Plan of the coal mine inserted

Not copied in RBO/2ii
LanguageEnglish
Extent6 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
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