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RefNoCLP/11ii/16
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Observations on last weeke's experiment to demonstrate the phlogiston or aether in mars and oil of vitriol by explosion, and how to condense it' by unknown author
Date1 February 1730
DescriptionPaper describing various experiments that demonstrate the phlogiston, a theorised fire-like element released during combustion, using oil of vitriol [sulphuric acid] and mars, a pigment made from an iron oxide base. The author also provides remarks on these experiments and on similar experiments relating to the phlogiston carried out by Sir Isaac Newton.

Subject: Chemistry

Read to the Royal Society on 15 February 1729 [1730].
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialJBO/14/426
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8414Newton; Sir; Isaac (1642 - 1727); natural philosopher and mathematician1642 - 1727
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