Paper, regarding the weights of liquids and gunpowder by unknown author
Reference number: CLP/6/56
Date: 1697
Description
Paper recording results of various trials on the weights of various liquids including water, turpentine oil, vitriol oil, and wine, and gunpowder. Mentions a petrefaction [petrifaction] by Mr [Nicolaus] Witsen.
Subject: Weaponry / Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1697
- Reference number
- CLP/6/56
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- 1697
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- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Paper, regarding the weights of liquids and gunpowder by unknown author, 1697, CLP/6/56, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_56/paper-regarding-the-weights-of-liquids-and-gunpowder-by-unknown-author, accessed on 11 April 2026
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Classified papers: volume 6 concerning 'Staticks, Hydrostaticks, Hydraulicks, Hydrology'
1661-1735 Reference number: CLP/6
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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