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Letter from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: EL/B3/22

Date: 17 February 1734

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Consists of observations of fifteen experiments with quicksilver
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 38, no 430, p 145

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EL/B3/22
Earliest possible date
17 February 1734
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Herman Boerhaave

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Herman Boerhaave, Letter from Herman Boerhaave to Cromwell Mortimer, 17 February 1734, EL/B3/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_22/letter-from-herman-boerhaave-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 23 March 2025

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