'A Discourse on this Problem; why Bodies dissolved in Menstrua specifically lighter, than themselves swim therein' by William Molyneux

Reference number: RBO/6/107

Date: 1686

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William Molyneux discussing his brother's Thomas Molyneux's problem of 'why bodies disolved flowat in Liquor lighter than themselves, which had been published in the Nouvelles de la Republique de Lettres, Aug. 1684- Jan. 1685.
At page 319 are Thomas Molyneux's own thoughts about the paper.

Reference number: RBO/6/107
Earliest possible date: 1686
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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'A Discourse on this Problem; why Bodies dissolved in Menstrua specifically lighter, than themselves swim therein' by William Molyneux, 1686, RBO/6/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_107/a-discourse-on-this-problem-why-bodies-dissolved-in-menstrua-specifically-lighter-than-themselves-swim-therein-by-william-molyneux, accessed on 29 April 2025

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Paper, 'A discourse on this problem why bodys, dissolved in menstrua specifically lighter then themselves, swim therein' by William Molyneux
Creator: William Molyneux, Thomas Molyneux Reference number: CLP/6/42

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