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Translated from Latin by Philip Zollman
Three tables attached:
- of the specific gravities of 6 or 7 springs compared with common spring waters
- of the quantity of sediment in each spring
- of the quantity of salt in each (with some thought concerning the use of the said salt)
Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1731

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RBO/15/96
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1731
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10 pages
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Manuscript

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Account of the waters at the baths at Baden by John James Scheuchzer sent to Hans Sloane, 1731, RBO/15/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_96/account-of-the-waters-at-the-baths-at-baden-by-john-james-scheuchzer-sent-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 21 June 2025

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