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Paper, 'Note on the melting point and transformations of sulphur' by Benjamin Collins Brodie

Reference number: AP/36/5

Date: 1854

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Brodie assesses existing research into the melting point of sulphur, and shares details of his own experiments. He suggests that the melting point of sulphur varies according to its allotropic condition.

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.

Subject: Chemistry

Received 30 March 1854.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Note on the melting-point and transformations of sulphur''.

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AP/36/5
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1854
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Ink and graphite pencil on paper
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Collins Brodie

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Benjamin Collins Brodie, Paper, 'Note on the melting point and transformations of sulphur' by Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1854, AP/36/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_36_5/paper-note-on-the-melting-point-and-transformations-of-sulphur-by-benjamin-collins-brodie, accessed on 18 April 2025

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