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'An Account of a Book entitled: Vegetable Staticks, or an Account of some Statical experiments on the Sap in Vegetables; being an Essay towards a natural history of Vegetation' by Stephen Hales

Reference number: RBO/13/92

Date: 1727-1728

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'Also a Specimen of an Attempt to analyse the Air, by a great variety of Chymico-Statical Experiments, which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society'

Account by Dr Desaguliers

'Vegetable Staticks' was published in 1727 and 'Statical Essays' in 1733 - both held by Royal Society Library

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RBO/13/92
Earliest possible date
1727-1728
Page extent
44 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of a Book entitled: Vegetable Staticks, or an Account of some Statical experiments on the Sap in Vegetables; being an Essay towards a natural history of Vegetation' by Stephen Hales, 1727-1728, RBO/13/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_92/an-account-of-a-book-entitled-vegetable-staticks-or-an-account-of-some-statical-experiments-on-the-sap-in-vegetables-being-an-essay-towards-a-natural-history-of-vegetation-by-stephen-hales, accessed on 15 May 2025

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