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Essay on the causes of mineral springs further enquired the strange and secret changes of liquors' by John Beale to the publisher

Reference number: EL/B1/54b

Date: 1670

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Beale wants to examine whether the composition of water changes if it passes through sub-terraneous streams. If so, then the water might become metallic and so help to explain why some springs have medicinal properties and others do not

This letter forms the first three pages of the article in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 56, pp 1131-1134

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EL/B1/54b
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1670
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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John Beale

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John Beale, Essay on the causes of mineral springs further enquired the strange and secret changes of liquors' by John Beale to the publisher, 1670, EL/B1/54b, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_54b/essay-on-the-causes-of-mineral-springs-further-enquired-the-strange-and-secret-changes-of-liquors-by-john-beale-to-the-publisher, accessed on 14 October 2024

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