RefNo | CLP/11i/18 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'Of the luctation arising upon the mixture of bodies' by [Nehemiah Grew] |
Date | [1676] |
Description | Grew provides observations of different types of organic materials, including from animals (shells, bones, horn), vegetables (roots, woods, seeds), and minerals (earths, stones, metals). He describes whether or not these materials combined make mixtures, with details of the nature of any resulting substances, such as effervescence. Grew also describes the topics that should be considered when compiling a natural history of a country.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 13 April 1676. |
Extent | 11p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedRecord | RBO/5/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8411 | Grew; Nehemiah (1641 - 1712); botanist and physiologist | 1641 - 1712 |