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Paper, 'The present water is of such properties' by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/11ii/13

Date: 1729

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Paper describing the physical and chemical properties of an unspecified sample of 'water' [liquid], termed aether herbarum.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 5 February 1729.

Reference number
CLP/11ii/13
Earliest possible date
1729
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'The present water is of such properties' by unknown author, 1729, CLP/11ii/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11ii_13/paper-the-present-water-is-of-such-properties-by-unknown-author, accessed on 03 December 2024

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