RefNo | CLP/11i/38 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, 'An account of some discovered properties of the phosphorus, from a discourse thereupon' by Nathanael [Nathaniel] Vincent |
Date | [1692] |
Description | Vincent recounts experiments including a method of creating 'artificial lightning' with phosphorus and writing on paper with phosphorus to create disappearing and reappearing ink. The end of the paper contains a philosophical discourse on creation.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1692. |
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 |
NA5332 | Vincent; Nathaniel (- 1722); clergyman | - 1722 |