Record

RefNoCLP/11i/32
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'A short examen of the stones sent the R [Royal] Society from Boarne, whereof an account is given in the last Transaction' by Frederick Slare
Date[1686]
DescriptionPaper discussing the standard of gravity of stones and detailing experiments on human calculus sent from Berne [Bern, Switzerland], compared with chalk and ice.

Subject: Chemistry / Medicine

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'A short examen of the stones sent from the R. Society from Berne, whereof an account is given in the last Transaction'.

Read to the Royal Society on 19 May 1686.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0021
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4607Slare; Frederick (c1647 - 1727); chemist and physicianc1647 - 1727
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