Paper, 'Of oyl of vitr [vitriol]' by Dr [Frederick] Slare
Reference number: CLP/11i/22
Date: 1683
Description
Slare describes his experiments to show the absorption of water from the air by oil of vitriol [sulphuric acid]. Oil of vitriol was set out and weighed periodically over several days as its mass increased to demonstrate that water was being absorbed by the oil.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 25 April 1683.
- Reference number
- CLP/11i/22
- Earliest possible date
- 1683
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Frederick Slare, Paper, 'Of oyl of vitr [vitriol]' by Dr [Frederick] Slare, 1683, CLP/11i/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_22/paper-of-oyl-of-vitr-vitriol-by-dr-frederick-slare, accessed on 22 April 2025
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