| RefNo | CLP/11i/53 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'Observations and experiments on the sal catharticum amarum, commonly call'd the epsom salt' by John Brown [Browne] |
| Date | [1723] |
| Description | Browne describes the methods of producing bittern [nigari], from which epsom salts are made, in various locations in England. He then performs experiments to compare sal catharticum to epsom salts, particularly to see if they are of the same quality and nature and possess the same properties.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in two parts in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations and experiments on the sal catharticum amarum, commonly called the epsom salt' and 'The remaining part of the observations and experiments on the sal catharticum amarum, commonly called the epsom salt'.
Read to the Royal Society on 4 July 1723. |
| Extent | 20p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0071 |
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1722.0069
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 32 (1722), p 348 |
| RelatedRecord | RBO/11/12 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7345 | Browne; John (-1735) | -1735 |