| RefNo | CLP/9i/27 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Lettre d'un curieux a son amy, touchant les admirables proprietes de la pierre du Mexique' [Letter from a curious person to his friend, concerning admirable attributes of Mexican stone] from I M to unknown recipient |
| Date | [1671] |
| Description | Letter from IM describing a new rock found in Mexico with a carved indentation similar to a mortar. IM describes experiments performed upon the rock, including allowing various liquids and solutions to filter through it and examining their properties afterward.
Subject: Geology / Mineralogy
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1671 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |