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Horn will be reduced to a powder in the Digester and if pressed together will form a continuous body; shavings of horn will not expand in the Digester but will unite after being softened in the Digester

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RBO/6/37
Earliest possible date
23 July 1684
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Dr Papin's Experiments on Horn in the Digester - a further trial, 23 July 1684, RBO/6/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_37/dr-papins-experiments-on-horn-in-the-digester-a-further-trial, accessed on 21 March 2025

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