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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.

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CLP/11i/14
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1673
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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William Howard

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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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