| RefNo | CLP/6/56 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, regarding the weights of liquids and gunpowder by unknown author |
| Date | [1697] |
| Description | Paper recording results of various trials on the weights of various liquids including water, turpentine oil, vitriol oil, and wine, and gunpowder. Mentions a petrefaction [petrifaction] by Mr [Nicolaus] Witsen.
Subject: Weaponry / Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1697 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8030 | Witsen; Nicolaus (1641 - 1717); statesman and collector | 1641 - 1717 |