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Paper, regarding an experiment to show the weight of bodies increased by heat by unknown author

Reference number: CLP/6/1

Date: 15 February 1660

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The author describes an experiment carried out at the Tower of London on 23 February 1660 using copper and lead.

Subject: Thermodynamics

Read to the Royal Society on 25 February 1660

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CLP/6/1
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15 February 1660
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, regarding an experiment to show the weight of bodies increased by heat by unknown author, 15 February 1660, CLP/6/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_1/paper-regarding-an-experiment-to-show-the-weight-of-bodies-increased-by-heat-by-unknown-author, accessed on 04 September 2026

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