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Paper, 'Experiments for voyages at sea' by Denis Papin

Reference number: CLP/18i/4

Date: 1738

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Papin shares a method for making 'cheap and easie' gelatine in order to preserve food.

Subject: Food

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CLP/18i/4
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1738
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Paper, 'Experiments for voyages at sea' by Denis Papin, 1738, CLP/18i/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_4/paper-experiments-for-voyages-at-sea-by-denis-papin, accessed on 05 December 2024

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