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Fragment of a paper describing experiments carried out by Coxe on various vegetable substances, including the regeneration of vegetables and distilling salts from vegetables.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A continuation of Dr. Daniel Coxe's discourse begun in Numb. 107. touching the Identity of all volatil salts and vinous spirits; together with two surprising experiments concerning vegetable salts, perfectly resembling the shape of the plants, whence they had been obtained'.

Reference number
CLP/11i/17
Earliest possible date
1674
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, continuation of discourse on vitriol by Daniel Coxe, 1674, CLP/11i/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_17/paper-continuation-of-discourse-on-vitriol-by-daniel-coxe, accessed on 09 March 2026

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