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Hauksbee writes: 'This Experiment was recommended to me, in order to discover what difference would happen in the Swelling or Bulk of Ice, producible on the Freezing of Common Water, and Water purg'd of Air.'

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 23 February 1708

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An experiment touching the freezing of common water, and water purg'd of air'

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CLP/18i/117
Earliest possible date
1708
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Hauksbee

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Francis Hauksbee, Paper, 'An experiment touching the freezing of common water and water purg'd of air' by Francis Hauksbee, 1708, CLP/18i/117, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_117/paper-an-experiment-touching-the-freezing-of-common-water-and-water-purgd-of-air-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 14 January 2026

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