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RefNoRBO/17/69
AltRefNoRBO.17.357
LevelItem
TitleTreatise on ambergris by Casper Neumann, Professor of Chemistry at Berlin
Date1730
DescriptionOriginal document dated 15 October 1729
Details of experiments to determine whether ambergris is animal, vegetable or mineral
Read to the Royal Society on 4 June 1730
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', in three articles: vol 38, no 433, p 344, no 434, p 371, no 435, p 417
LanguageLatin
Extent72 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0054
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0055
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0060
RelatedRecordCLP/22ii/45
RBO/17/70
CLP/11ii/20
CLP/11ii/28
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6151Neumann; Caspar (1683 - 1737)1683 - 1737
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