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'Some Experiments about freezing by Mr Desmasters Communicated by Dr William Musgrave'

Reference number: RBO/7/90

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Experiments using a tube with quarter of an inch diameter
Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1684

Reference number
RBO/7/90
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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'Some Experiments about freezing by Mr Desmasters Communicated by Dr William Musgrave', RBO/7/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_90/some-experiments-about-freezing-by-mr-desmasters-communicated-by-dr-william-musgrave, accessed on 09 February 2026

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