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Paper, 'Certain experiments concerning freezing of snow, not unworthy exact tryal' by Dr [Walter] Charleton

Reference number: CLP/4i/10

Date: 1663

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Charleton describes five different experiments relating to snow and the properties of its water by scientists including Cabeus [Niccolo Cabeo], Sanctorius [Santorio Santori], and Thom Bartholinus [Thomas Bartholin].

Subject: Thermodynamics

Read to the Royal Society on 13 January 1663.

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CLP/4i/10
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1663
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Walter Charleton

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Walter Charleton, Paper, 'Certain experiments concerning freezing of snow, not unworthy exact tryal' by Dr [Walter] Charleton, 1663, CLP/4i/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_10/paper-certain-experiments-concerning-freezing-of-snow-not-unworthy-exact-tryal-by-dr-walter-charleton, accessed on 05 October 2024

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