| Reference number | CLP/11ii/22 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, regarding Caspar Neumann's treatise on ambergris from A [Ambrose] Godfrey [Hanckewitz] to Sir Hans Sloane |
| Date | [1731] |
| Description | Godfrey-Hanckewitz copies out a letter sent to him by Caspar Neumann regarding his paper on ambergris and whether it might be published in Philosophical Transactions, as well as Godfrey-Hanckewitz's response to Neumann. Godfrey-Hanckewitz describes his own further experiments in distilling ambergris and obtaining very little salt, confirming Neumann's results.
Subject: Chemistry
Extract published in Philosophical Transactions as part of 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 11 March 1731. |
| 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
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 38, no 435, p 437 |
| Related records in the catalogue | CLP/11ii/24 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8406 | Sloane; Sir; Hans (1660 - 1753); physician and collector | 1660 - 1753 |
| NA7377 | Godfrey-Hanckewitz; Ambrose (1660 - 1741) | 1660 - 1741 |
| NA6151 | Neumann; Caspar (1683 - 1737) | 1683 - 1737 |