Paper, 'Experiments for making the Prussian blue' by Mr [John] Brown [Browne]
Reference number: CLP/11ii/3
Date: 1724
Description
Browne tries the method of creating Prussian blue (see CLP/11ii/2) and deduces that the volume of oil of vitriol [sulphuric acid] used in production of the dye impacts the shade of blue, as does the amount of iron in the solution. This is the first part of Browne's paper, focusing on the role of sulphuric acid, published in Philosophical Transactions. The second part is found at CLP/11ii/4.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observation and experiments upon the foregoing preparation'.
Sent to Doctor [James] Jurin. Read to the Royal Society on 2 April 1724.
- Reference number
- CLP/11ii/3
- Earliest possible date
- 1724
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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John Browne, Paper, 'Experiments for making the Prussian blue' by Mr [John] Brown [Browne], 1724, CLP/11ii/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11ii_3/paper-experiments-for-making-the-prussian-blue-by-mr-john-brown-browne, accessed on 14 May 2025
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V. Observation and experiments upon the foregoing preparation External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1724
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1724.0006
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'Mr Brown's Experiments for making the Prussian Blew [blue]'
Reference number: RBO/11/113 -
Extract of letter, regarding the preparation of caerulei prussiaci sent to John Woodward
Reference number: CLP/11ii/2 -
Paper, 'Observations and experiments upon the foregoing preparation' by John Brown [Browne]
Creator: John Browne Reference number: CLP/11ii/4
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Classified papers: volume 11ii concerning 'Pharmacy, Chemystry'
1723-1731 Reference number: CLP/11ii
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John Browne
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James Jurin
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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