Paper, 'Experiments on several spirits' by Chris [Christopher] White
Reference number: CLP/11ii/1
Date: 1723
Description
White recounts experiments involving distillations of different organic substances, including Frenchwood, rosewood, cork, oak, oakmoss, and dried fungus. White performed similar experiments with mustard seed, seacoal, raw silk, sponge, horse hair, wool, whalebone, feathers, egg whites and yolks, and ivory.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 14 November 1723.
- Reference number
- CLP/11ii/1
- Earliest possible date
- 1723
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Experiments on several spirits' by Chris [Christopher] White, 1723, CLP/11ii/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11ii_1/paper-experiments-on-several-spirits-by-chris-christopher-white, accessed on 25 June 2025
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Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
1723-1731 Reference number: CLP/11ii
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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