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Browne describes experiments on fermentation of liquids in glass bottles with stoppers. Browne discusses the impact of the quality of glass on the outcomes of his experiments, preferring French glass of all others.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 1 July 1725.

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CLP/11ii/7
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1725
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Browne

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John Browne, Paper, regarding fermentation glasses by John Brown [Browne], 1725, CLP/11ii/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11ii_7/paper-regarding-fermentation-glasses-by-john-brown-browne, accessed on 13 April 2026

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