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RefNoCLP/9i/9
LevelItem
TitlePaper, concerning the mineral of Liege which yields brimstone and vitriol and how to extract it by Robert Moray
Date1663
DescriptionDescribes 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
LanguageEnglish
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0024
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1 (1665), p 45
RelatedRecordRBO/2i/48
RBO/2ii/40
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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