Paper, concerning quicksilver and brimstone by Lord Stafford [William Howard]
Reference number: CLP/11i/14
Date: 1673
Description
Howard recounts experiments on quicksilver and brimstone, including heating the two substances and transferring them between glasses.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1673.
- Reference number
- CLP/11i/14
- Earliest possible date
- 1673
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Howard, Paper, concerning quicksilver and brimstone by Lord Stafford [William Howard], 1673, CLP/11i/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_14/paper-concerning-quicksilver-and-brimstone-by-lord-stafford-william-howard, accessed on 17 January 2026
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