Extract, 'Kirchers way of sinking colors into marble' by [Athanasius] Kircher
Reference number: CLP/2/23
Date: 17th century
Description
Extracted from the page 43 of the second part of Kircher's 'Mundus Subterraneus', in which Kircher describes a method of creating a liquid that is capable of dyeing marble both on the surface and within.
Subject: Industry
- Reference number
- CLP/2/23
- Earliest possible date
- 17th century
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Extract, 'Kirchers way of sinking colors into marble' by [Athanasius] Kircher, 17th century, CLP/2/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_23/extract-kirchers-way-of-sinking-colors-into-marble-by-athanasius-kircher, accessed on 14 December 2025
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Classified papers: volume 2 concerning 'Surveying, Opticks, Perspective, Sculpture, Painting, Music, Acoustics Mechanicks'
1656-1737 Reference number: CLP/2
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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