Paper, 'A paper of the honourable Robt [Robert] Boyle deposited with the secretarys [sic] of the Royal Society and opened since his death being an account of his way of making the phosphorus etc.' by Robert Boyle
Reference number: CLP/11i/21
Date: 30 September 1680
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Boyle describes how to make phosphorus from stale human urine that has been distilled over heat into a syrup. This syrup is then mixed with fine, white sand and heating in a stone retort until phosphorus is produced.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A paper of the Honourable Robert Boyl's, deposited with the secretaries of the Royal Society, Octob. 14. 1680. and opened since his death; being an account of his making the phosphorus, etc'.
Received by Robert Hooke. Read to the Royal Society on 16 October 1680.
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- CLP/11i/21
- Earliest possible date
- 30 September 1680
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Robert Boyle, Paper, 'A paper of the honourable Robt [Robert] Boyle deposited with the secretarys [sic] of the Royal Society and opened since his death being an account of his way of making the phosphorus etc.' by Robert Boyle, 30 September 1680, CLP/11i/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_21/paper-a-paper-of-the-honourable-robt-robert-boyle-deposited-with-the-secretarys-sic-of-the-royal-society-and-opened-since-his-death-being-an-account-of-his-way-of-making-the-phosphorus-etc-by-robert-boyle, accessed on 10 October 2024
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I. A paper of the Honourable Robert Boyl's, deposited with the secretaries of the Royal Society, Octob. 14. 1680. and opened since his death; being an account of his making the phosphorus, etc External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Robert Boyle
Date: 1st January 1693
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1693.0002
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