| RefNo | CLP/11ii/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations on last weeke's experiment to demonstrate the phlogiston or aether in mars and oil of vitriol by explosion, and how to condense it' by unknown author |
| Date | 1 February 1730 |
| Description | Paper describing various experiments that demonstrate the phlogiston, a theorised fire-like element released during combustion, using oil of vitriol [sulphuric acid] and mars, a pigment made from an iron oxide base. The author also provides remarks on these experiments and on similar experiments relating to the phlogiston carried out by Sir Isaac Newton.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1729 [1730]. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | JBO/14/426 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8414 | Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician | 1642 - 1727 |