RefNo | EL/W3/125 |
Level | Item |
Title | Translation of a letter, from Mr Wind [to the Royal Society] |
Creator | Wind; W (fl 1712) |
Date | 1712 |
Description | Concerning a brass idol called 'Pusteritz' seen in the University of Guiessen, Germany: gives an account of pagan practices surrounding it (that the idol would be filled with sulphurous matter, plugged and then heated, causing the plugs to fly out); gives information about how the first Greek emperors used similar objects as a weapon |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Original is EL/W3/124 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/9725856b-660c-4614-a333-a978884f5005 |