Paper, 'Additional experiments on may dew' by Thomas Henshaw
Reference number: CLP/4i/13
Date: 18 May 1663
Description
Henshaw describes experiments made using beer yeast in two gallons of May dew, allowed to stand in a warm room. He goes on to describe experiments with sprigs of mint and dew.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1663
- Reference number
- CLP/4i/13
- Earliest possible date
- 18 May 1663
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Thomas Henshaw, Paper, 'Additional experiments on may dew' by Thomas Henshaw, 18 May 1663, CLP/4i/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_13/paper-additional-experiments-on-may-dew-by-thomas-henshaw, accessed on 19 January 2026
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Classified papers: volume 4i concerning 'Physiology, Meteorology, Pneumaticks'
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