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Moray writes about the cooling of drinks by the sun and wind in South East India [Coromandel, modern day provinces of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh] between June and August, done during the hours of 8am to 4pm when the weather is windiest and hottest.

Subject: Exploration / Thermodynamics

Reference number
CLP/4i/7
Earliest possible date
08 July 1663
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Paper, 'Of the way, used upon the coaste of Coromandelle, of cooling of drinks, by exposing them to the heat of the sun' by R [Robert] Moray, 08 July 1663, CLP/4i/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_7/paper-of-the-way-used-upon-the-coaste-of-coromandelle-of-cooling-of-drinks-by-exposing-them-to-the-heat-of-the-sun-by-r-robert-moray, accessed on 03 November 2024

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