Letter, from Mr Wind [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/W3/124
Date: 17 December 1712
Description
Concerning a brass idol called 'Pusteritz' seen in the University of Guiessen, Germany: gives an account of pagan practices surrounding it (that the idol would be filled with sulphurous matter, plugged and then heated, causing the plugs to fly out); gives information about how the first Greek emperors used similar objects as a weapon
Read to the Royal Society on 12 February 1713
- Reference number
- EL/W3/124
- Earliest possible date
- 17 December 1712
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Creator name
W Wind
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W Wind, Letter, from Mr Wind [to the Royal Society], 17 December 1712, EL/W3/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_124/letter-from-mr-wind-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 June 2026
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