| RefNo | CLP/9i/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, observations on slate for covering roofs of houses by Samuel Colepresse |
| Date | 4 January 1668 |
| Description | Paper states that slate is a favoured material for its stateliness, permanency and cheapness. Offers methods for determining the strength and quality of slate and if it is weather-proof and suitable for use on houses, also calculations for the cost of roofing with slate.
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions' as: 'Some considerations touching the variety of slate, together with a computation of the charges in generall, for covering houses therewith'.
Read to the Royal Society on 16 January 1668
Subject: Geology / Engineering |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1669.0033
Version printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 50 (1669), p 1009 |