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Paper, regarding flint and steel struck in vacuo by Denis Papin

Reference number: CLP/18i/37

Date: 1686

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Papin reports that air has an effect on hard bodies such as flint and steel.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 15 December 1686

Reference number
CLP/18i/37
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1686
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Paper, regarding flint and steel struck in vacuo by Denis Papin, 1686, CLP/18i/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_37/paper-regarding-flint-and-steel-struck-in-vacuo-by-denis-papin, accessed on 10 October 2026

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