| RefNo | EL/B1/54b |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Essay on the causes of mineral springs further enquired the strange and secret changes of liquors' by John Beale to the publisher |
| Date | 1670 |
| Description | Beale wants to examine whether the composition of water changes if it passes through sub-terraneous streams. If so, then the water might become metallic and so help to explain why some springs have medicinal properties and others do not
This letter forms the first three pages of the article in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 4, no 56, pp 1131-1134 |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1669.0062 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |