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Paper, 'De camphora' by C [Caspar] Neuman [Neumann]

Reference number: CLP/11ii/8

Date: 1725

Description

Paper by Neumann concerning the history and physical and chemical properties of camphor.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'De camphora. auctore Dno. Carolo Neuman, Chym, Prof. Reg. Berolin. S. R. S'.

Read to the Royal Society on 11 November 1725.

Reference number
CLP/11ii/8
Earliest possible date
1725
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Caspar Neumann

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Caspar Neumann, Paper, 'De camphora' by C [Caspar] Neuman [Neumann], 1725, CLP/11ii/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11ii_8/paper-de-camphora-by-c-caspar-neuman-neumann, accessed on 14 March 2026

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