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Two experiments with the new Digester by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/6/111

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Experiments about making gelly in the new Digester which uses less coal
Also about extracting cocoa from cacao seeds with cinnamon in the Digester
Read at the Royal Society on 9 June 1686

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RBO/6/111
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Two experiments with the new Digester by Denis Papin, RBO/6/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_111/two-experiments-with-the-new-digester-by-denis-papin, accessed on 08 December 2025

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