RefNo | RBO/6/3 |
AltRefNo | RBO.6.29 |
Level | Item |
Title | Several observations of salty water by Martin Lister |
Date | 16 January 1683 |
Description | 'Certain observations of the Midland Salt springs of Worcestershire Staffordshire and Cheshire Of the crude Salt which grows from the stone powder dejected by the said Beines in boyling: of the specific difference betwixt Sea Salt & Common Salt A Way (which seems to be the true methode of Nature) of distilling sweet and fresh water from sea Water by the breath of Sea Plants growing in it That this breath probable is the material Cause of the Trade or Tropic Winds' |
Language | English |
Extent | 9 sides |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 14, no 156, p 489 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8382 | Lister; Martin (1639 - 1712); physician and naturalist | 1639 - 1712 |