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RefNoCLP/11i/45
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'That plants do really contain iron, and that this metal does necessarily enter into their natural composition' by M [Louis] Lémery, Jr
Date[1711]
DescriptionPaper regarding experiments on the presence of iron in plants, in which it is deduced that iron's magnetic properties are somewhat different when the iron is part of a whole plant versus when the plant is burned to ashes.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1711.
Extent8p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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