RefNo | CLP/6/56 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, regarding the weights of liquids and gunpowder by unknown author |
Date | [1697] |
Description | Paper recording results of various trials on the weights of various liquids including water, turpentine oil, vitriol oil, and wine, and gunpowder. Mentions a petrefaction [petrifaction] by Mr [Nicolaus] Witsen.
Subject: Weaponry / Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 22 December 1697 |
Language | English |
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 |
NA8030 | Witsen; Nicolaus (1641 - 1717); statesman and collector | 1641 - 1717 |