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RefNoCLP/11i/16
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TitlePaper, 'A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and occasionally making out, that allom is the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived' by unknown author
Date[1674]
DescriptionPaper regarding the creation of vitriol [sulphuric acid], the production of allom [alum] from sulphur, and discussing the nature of salt found in brimstone [sulphur].

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and then making out, that allom likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline principle; and lastly declaring the na­ture of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived'.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1674.0020
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 9, no 104, p 66
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