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Paper, continuation of a discourse on the nature of vitriol by Daniel Cox [Coxe]

Reference number: CLP/9i/29

Date: 1674

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Paper by Daniel Coxe regarding vitriol [suphuric acid]. Coxe describes the appearance of the acid, its constitutent parts, its nature and properties, and its uses in medicine and chemistry.

Subject: Chemistry / Mineralogy

Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1674

Reference number
CLP/9i/29
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1674
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Ink on paper
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Daniel Coxe

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Daniel Coxe, Paper, continuation of a discourse on the nature of vitriol by Daniel Cox [Coxe], 1674, CLP/9i/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_29/paper-continuation-of-a-discourse-on-the-nature-of-vitriol-by-daniel-cox-coxe, accessed on 15 June 2025

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