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Subject: Chemistry

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CLP/17/5
Earliest possible date
1663-1664
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, account of two experiments with mercury, 1663-1664, CLP/17/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_17_5/paper-account-of-two-experiments-with-mercury, accessed on 08 February 2026

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    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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