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Paper regarding the making of fulminating gold, a chemical substance prone to explosion.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 26 August 1663.

Reference number
CLP/11i/5
Earliest possible date
01 March 1663
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Jonathan Goddard

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Jonathan Goddard, Paper, 'Aurum fulminans' by [Jonathan Goddard?], 01 March 1663, CLP/11i/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_5/paper-aurum-fulminans-by-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 14 March 2026

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