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'Account of Salts mixed with ardent spirits' by Mr Dion Papin

Reference number: RBO/5/16

Date: 1680

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That aqua fortis 'mortifys' spirit of wine
Read to the Royal Society on 12 February 1680

Reference number
RBO/5/16
Earliest possible date
1680
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Account of Salts mixed with ardent spirits' by Mr Dion Papin, 1680, RBO/5/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_5_16/account-of-salts-mixed-with-ardent-spirits-by-mr-dion-papin, accessed on 14 December 2024

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