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Experiment to preserve cherries 'in vacuo' without sugar by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/6/124

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Also preserving redcurrants in a similar way - that a mercurial gauge showed that the fruit produced air when fruit was boiled

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RBO/6/124
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Experiment to preserve cherries 'in vacuo' without sugar by Denis Papin, RBO/6/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_124/experiment-to-preserve-cherries-in-vacuo-without-sugar-by-denis-papin, accessed on 11 April 2026

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