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Paper, 'Experiments with quicksilver' by Herman Boerhaave

Reference number: EL/B3/50

Date: 1736

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Details of Boerhaave's experiments with quicksilver
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 39, no 444, p 368

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EL/B3/50
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1736
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Herman Boerhaave

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Herman Boerhaave, Paper, 'Experiments with quicksilver' by Herman Boerhaave, 1736, EL/B3/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_50/paper-experiments-with-quicksilver-by-herman-boerhaave, accessed on 14 December 2024

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