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'Dr Papin's Experiments about keeping Plants in Turpentine And A Pear kept 'in vacuo' Ten months'

Reference number: RBO/6/73

Date: 24 June 1685

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RBO/6/73
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24 June 1685
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2 pages
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'Dr Papin's Experiments about keeping Plants in Turpentine And A Pear kept 'in vacuo' Ten months', 24 June 1685, RBO/6/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_6_73/dr-papins-experiments-about-keeping-plants-in-turpentine-and-a-pear-kept-in-vacuo-ten-months, accessed on 25 June 2025

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