Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Vol 9, No 104

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Article

A continuation of the discourse concerning vitriol, begun in numb. 103; shewing, that vitriol is usually produced by sulphur, acting on, and concoagulating with, a metal; and then making out, that allom likewise the result of the said sulphur; as also evincing, that vitriol, sulphur, and allom do agree in the saline principle; and lastly declaring the nature of the salt in brimstone, and whence it is derived

Published:01 January 1674Page(s): 66-73

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Letter

An extract of a letter of Monsieur Hevelius, lately written to the publisher, together with the copy of a letter of Dr. Wasmuth, giving a large account of a new Astronomico-Chronological work, now by him preparing. Both deliver’d in the same language, wherein they were written

Johannes Hevelius
Wasmuth

Published:01 January 1674Page(s): 74-77

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Book review

An accompt of some books. -I. Observations touching the torrigellian experiment, and the various solutions of the same, especially touching the weight and elasticity of the air. London, 1674. in 8°. -II. A mathematical compendium, collected out of the notes and papers of Sir Jonas Moore by Nicholas Stevenson. London, 1674. in 12°

Published:01 January 1674Page(s): 78-88

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