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Paper, 'Chimical analysis of the Cortex eleutheuria' by John Brown [Browne]

Reference number: CLP/11i/51

Date: 1722

Description

Browne describes two chemical analysis experiments inspired by Dr [James] Douglas's paper on obtaining resinous extract from the bark of Cortex elutheriae.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the quantity of resin in the Cortex eleutheriæ'.

Read to the Royal Society on 12 April 1722.

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CLP/11i/51
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1722
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4 pages
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John Browne

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John Browne, Paper, 'Chimical analysis of the Cortex eleutheuria' by John Brown [Browne], 1722, CLP/11i/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_51/paper-chimical-analysis-of-the-cortex-eleutheuria-by-john-brown-browne, accessed on 17 May 2025

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