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  <dc:title>Paper, 'Examen and observations of a bituminous earth' by Sir Hans Sloane</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Paper describing distillation experiments carried out on a sample of bituminous earth, describing the taste and physical properties of the resulting distillation.

Subject: Chemistry

Given to unknown recipient by Sir Hans Sloane. The account itself is possibly by Cromwell Mortimer. Read to the Royal Society on 19 January 1729.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>[1729]</dc:date>
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