| Reference number | CLP/11ii/21 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract, 'Remarks on Caspar Neumann's paper on ambergris' by John Brown [Browne] |
| Date | [1730] |
| Description | Extract from a paper by Browne criticising Neumann's treatise on ambergris (see CLP/11ii/20) and conclusion that ambergris was a type of amber. Browne found Neumann's samples of ambergris to be too small to draw solid conclusions about the nature of material. Browne repeated the experiments with a greater amount of ambergris and
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of a paper titled 'Editoris recensio experimentorum circa Ambram gryseam à Domino Joh. Browne, R. S. S. & à Dno. Ambrosio Godofredo Hanckewitz, R. S. S. institutorum, cum D. Neumanni, R. S. S. Experimenti sui vindicatione'.
Read to the Royal Society on 19 November 1730. |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0061 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RBO/17/70 |
| CLP/11ii/24 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6151 | Neumann; Caspar (1683 - 1737) | 1683 - 1737 |
| NA7345 | Browne; John (-1735) | -1735 |