| RefNo | CLP/11i/38 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'An account of some discovered properties of the phosphorus, from a discourse thereupon' by Nathanael [Nathaniel] Vincent |
| Date | [1692] |
| Description | Vincent recounts experiments including a method of creating 'artificial lightning' with phosphorus and writing on paper with phosphorus to create disappearing and reappearing ink. The end of the paper contains a philosophical discourse on creation.
Subject: Chemistry
Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1692. |
| 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 |
| NA5332 | Vincent; Nathaniel (- 1722); clergyman | - 1722 |