Record

RefNoRBO/5/6
AltRefNoRBO.5.136
LevelItem
Title'Of the Luctation ariseing upon the Mixture of Bodys' by Nehemiah Grew
Date1676
DescriptionObservations of different types of bodies eg animal (shells, bones, horn), vegetables (roots, woods, seeds) and minerals (earths, stones, metals); whether these bodies make mixures with details of their nature eg whether they produced an effervescence; trying to make artificial mixtures in imitation of natural ones; what topics should be considered when compiling a natural history of a country
Read at the Royal Society on 13 April 1676
LanguageEnglish
Extent11 sides
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordCLP/11i/18
RBO/5/7
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8411Grew; Nehemiah (1641 - 1712); botanist and physiologist1641 - 1712
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