Paper, 'A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and occasionally making out, that allom is the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived' by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/11i/16
Date: 1674
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Paper regarding the creation of vitriol [sulphuric acid], the production of allom [alum] from sulphur, and discussing the nature of salt found in brimstone [sulphur].
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and then making out, that allom likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline principle; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived'.
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Paper, 'A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and occasionally making out, that allom is the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived' by unknown author, 1674, CLP/11i/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_16/paper-a-continuation-of-the-discourse-concerning-vitriol-begun-in-numb-103-shewing-that-vitriol-is-usually-produced-by-sulphur-acting-on-and-concoagulating-with-a-metal-and-occasionally-making-out-that-allom-is-the-result-of-the-said-sulphur-as-also-evincing-that-vitriol-sulphur-and-allom-do-agree-in-the-saline-and-lastly-declaring-the-nature-of-the-salt-in-brimstone-and-whence-it-is-derived-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 November 2025
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