Paper, 'Of the luctation arising upon the mixture of bodies' by [Nehemiah Grew]
Reference number: CLP/11i/18
Date: 1676
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Grew provides observations of different types of organic materials, including from animals (shells, bones, horn), vegetables (roots, woods, seeds), and minerals (earths, stones, metals). He describes whether or not these materials combined make mixtures, with details of the nature of any resulting substances, such as effervescence. Grew also describes the topics that should be considered when compiling a natural history of a country.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 13 April 1676.
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- CLP/11i/18
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- 1676
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- 11 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Nehemiah Grew, Paper, 'Of the luctation arising upon the mixture of bodies' by [Nehemiah Grew], 1676, CLP/11i/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_18/paper-of-the-luctation-arising-upon-the-mixture-of-bodies-by-nehemiah-grew, accessed on 13 January 2026
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