Paper, 'A way how to increase saltpeter [saltpetre] in great quantity' by Mr [William] Schroter
Reference number: CLP/9i/6
Date: 1662
Description
Paper laying out three steps to produce saltpetre (nitre) on an arch made of lime, rainwater, sheep dung, and sheepskin.
Read to the Royal Society on 7 January 1662.
Subject: Mineralogy / Chemistry / Industry
- Reference number
- CLP/9i/6
- Earliest possible date
- 1662
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Schroter, Paper, 'A way how to increase saltpeter [saltpetre] in great quantity' by Mr [William] Schroter, 1662, CLP/9i/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_6/paper-a-way-how-to-increase-saltpeter-saltpetre-in-great-quantity-by-mr-william-schroter, accessed on 19 July 2025
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Dates: 1592 - 1741
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