RefNo | CLP/9i/9 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, concerning the mineral of Liege which yields brimstone and vitriol and how to extract it by Robert Moray |
Date | 1663 |
Description | Describes the method of extraction used at Liege, where the stone mineral is mined in a similar way to coal in England. The mineral is described as resembling lead and often found mingled with it.
Read to the Royal Society on 10 June 1663
Subject: Geology / Mineralogy / Industry / Mining / Chemistry |
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.1665.0024 Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1 (1665), p 45 |
RelatedRecord | RBO/2i/48 |
RBO/2ii/40 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |