Paper, 'The analogy betwixt lightning and the phosphorus under water' by Dr [Frederick] Slare
Reference number: CLP/11i/23
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Paper comparing the common qualities of phosphorous flames that do not extinguish in water and lightning bolts that appear during rainstorms. These commonalities include the appearance of both in warm conditions rather than cold and the rarity of fires starting from either source.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 21 March 1683.
- Reference number
- CLP/11i/23
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Frederick Slare, Paper, 'The analogy betwixt lightning and the phosphorus under water' by Dr [Frederick] Slare, CLP/11i/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_23/paper-the-analogy-betwixt-lightning-and-the-phosphorus-under-water-by-dr-frederick-slare, accessed on 24 June 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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