Paper, 'Of salt' by John Byndlos
Reference number: CLP/6/52
Date: 02 May 1694
Description
Paper regarding the making of salt in a salt mine called Saltern near Portsmouth [England]. The mine was owned by Captain Byndlos. Byndlos writes that salt made by the sun contains a substance called 'bittern' that causes meats to become rusty and hard. He reports that the salt made in Saltern is of a very high quality and has kept meat fresh for two years.
Subject: Industry / Mineralogy
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1694
- Reference number
- CLP/6/52
- Earliest possible date
- 02 May 1694
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, 'Of salt' by John Byndlos, 02 May 1694, CLP/6/52, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_52/paper-of-salt-by-john-byndlos, accessed on 30 November 2023
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