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'Of the Dilatation of Water by Cold before it becomes Ice and is yett all Fluid, at least as to Sense: And that Glass does not shrink with Cold' by William Croone

Reference number: RBO/6/6

Date: 27 February 1684

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Details of four experiments

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RBO/6/6
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27 February 1684
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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'Of the Dilatation of Water by Cold before it becomes Ice and is yett all Fluid, at least as to Sense: And that Glass does not shrink with Cold' by William Croone, 27 February 1684, RBO/6/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_6/of-the-dilatation-of-water-by-cold-before-it-becomes-ice-and-is-yett-all-fluid-at-least-as-to-sense-and-that-glass-does-not-shrink-with-cold-by-william-croone, accessed on 16 March 2025

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