Paper, 'Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata' by Abraham Vater
Reference number: CLP/9i/75
Date: 1730
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Paper by Vater regarding his observations of a Mexican stone filter and his comparisons with other stones with respect to filtering water. English translation at CLP/9i/76.
Subject: Mineralogy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata. Auctore Abrahamo Vatero M. D. et P. P. Societ. Imper. Nat. Cur. et. Reg. Britann. et Boruss. Socio'.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1730.
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- CLP/9i/75
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- 1730
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- 10 pages
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Abraham Vater, Paper, 'Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata' by Abraham Vater, 1730, CLP/9i/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_75/paper-filtri-lapidis-mexicani-examinatio-et-comparatio-cum-aliis-lapidibus-facta-qua-demonstratur-nullum-vel-exiguum-ejus-usum-esse-in-depuranda-aqua-per-illum-colata-by-abraham-vater, accessed on 23 June 2025
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III. Filtri lapidis Mexicani examinatio et comparatio cum aliis lapidibus facta, qua demonstratur, nullum vel exiguum ejus usum esse in depuranda aqua per illum colata. Auctore Abrahamo Vatero M. D. et P. P. Societ. Imper. Nat. Cur. et. Reg. Britann. et Boruss. Socio External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1735
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1735.0020
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