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Paper, English translation of '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/76

Date: 1730

Description

English translation of a paper originally written in Latin (found at CLP/9i/74) by Vater regarding his observations of a Mexican stone filter and his comparisons with other stones with respect to filtering water.

Subject: Mineralogy

Published in Latin 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.

Reference number
CLP/9i/76
Earliest possible date
1730
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Abraham Vater

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Abraham Vater, Paper, English translation of '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/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_76/paper-english-translation-of-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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