| Reference number | RBO/2i/9 |
| Alternative reference number | RBO.2i.45 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | 'Subterraneous Experiments or Observations made in Coalmines in October 1662 by Dr Power' |
| Date | 1662 |
| Description | Five experiments explained with figure of a weather glass in margin; observations of damp in the mine identifying three types of damp (the common, the suffocating and the fiery); observations of William Gerrard's pits in Lancashire
Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1662
Plan of the coal mine inserted
Not copied in RBO/2ii |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 6 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |