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Paper, 'The analisation of your alum earth which you say is the residuum after alum is made' by Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz

Reference number: CLP/9i/59

Date: 1700

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Analysis by Godfrey-Hanckewitz regarding the properties of an unidentified sample of earth, determined to be a compound alkali salt, comparing it to sulphureous acid of alum.

Subject: Mineralogy

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CLP/9i/59
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1700
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3 pages
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Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz

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Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz, Paper, 'The analisation of your alum earth which you say is the residuum after alum is made' by Ambrose Godfrey-Hanckewitz, 1700, CLP/9i/59, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_59/paper-the-analisation-of-your-alum-earth-which-you-say-is-the-residuum-after-alum-is-made-by-ambrose-godfrey-hanckewitz, accessed on 18 April 2025

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