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Experiment to estimate the strength of the spirit of wine by comparing its weight with that of water
Read to the Royal Society on 23 March 1663

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RBO/3/6
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1663
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Jonathan Goddard

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Jonathan Goddard, 'Of Spirit of Wine in a Vessel exhausted of Air' by Jonathan Goddard, 1663, RBO/3/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_6/of-spirit-of-wine-in-a-vessel-exhausted-of-air-by-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 09 October 2024

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