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Paper, 'Experiments concerning freezing' by Mr [Thomas?] Henshaw

Reference number: CLP/4i/4

Date: 1662

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Henshaw describes how to perform 14 different experiments relating to the expansion of water during the freezing process.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 3 December 1662

Reference number
CLP/4i/4
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1662
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henshaw

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Thomas Henshaw, Paper, 'Experiments concerning freezing' by Mr [Thomas?] Henshaw, 1662, CLP/4i/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_4/paper-experiments-concerning-freezing-by-mr-thomas-henshaw, accessed on 02 December 2024

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