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'About clearing the Air from fumes, and Distilling 'in vacuo" by Denis Papin

Reference number: RBO/7/12

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Queries why the air was not fit to breathe
Details of distilling red roses 'in vacuo' which turned to a jelly - wonders whether white roses would do the same
Read to the Royal Society on 22 June 1687

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RBO/7/12
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'About clearing the Air from fumes, and Distilling 'in vacuo" by Denis Papin, RBO/7/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_12/about-clearing-the-air-from-fumes-and-distilling-in-vacuo-by-denis-papin, accessed on 25 June 2025

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