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'Dr Papin's Experiment Preparation of the Juice of licorish and Water made in the Digester; Also a Composition of it with the Gelly of Bones'

Reference number: RBO/6/54

Date: 4 March 1685

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Put liquorice roots and water in the Digester which produced a congealed substance; added jelly of bones (gelatine) which produced a clear substance

Reference number
RBO/6/54
Earliest possible date
4 March 1685
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Dr Papin's Experiment Preparation of the Juice of licorish and Water made in the Digester; Also a Composition of it with the Gelly of Bones', 4 March 1685, RBO/6/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_54/dr-papins-experiment-preparation-of-the-juice-of-licorish-and-water-made-in-the-digester-also-a-composition-of-it-with-the-gelly-of-bones, accessed on 07 March 2026

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