Paper, 'To be added to the observations of the stone called oculus mundi' by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/6/3a
Date: 1661

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Observations of the stone called oculus mundi, recording the stone's weight when wet or dry in various scenarios. The text also comments on the relative transparency of the stone. First part of paper found at CLP/6/3.
Subject: Geology
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1661
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- CLP/6/3a
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- 1661
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- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'To be added to the observations of the stone called oculus mundi' by unknown author, 1661, CLP/6/3a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_3a/paper-to-be-added-to-the-observations-of-the-stone-called-oculus-mundi-by-unknown-author, accessed on 16 February 2025
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