Experiment to show that different liquids have different boiling points by D Fahrenheit
Reference number: RBO/11/122
Date: 1723
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Liquids for experiment were spirit of wine, rain water, spirit of ntire and oil of vitriol
Used a thermometer with mercury
- Reference number
- RBO/11/122
- Earliest possible date
- 1723
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Experiment to show that different liquids have different boiling points by D Fahrenheit, 1723, RBO/11/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_11_122/experiment-to-show-that-different-liquids-have-different-boiling-points-by-d-fahrenheit, accessed on 13 February 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 11, copies of papers communicated 1720-1724
1720-1724 Reference number: RBO/11
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