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'Of the Differences of Tastes' by Nehemiah Grew

Reference number: RBO/4/61

Date: 25 March 1675

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Divides taste into bitter, sweet, acid, salty, cold, hot, aromatic, fatty, astringent

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RBO/4/61
Earliest possible date
25 March 1675
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17 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of the Differences of Tastes' by Nehemiah Grew, 25 March 1675, RBO/4/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_4_61/of-the-differences-of-tastes-by-nehemiah-grew, accessed on 18 April 2026

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