A Catalogue of the Portsmouth Collection of Books and Papers Written by Or Belonging to Sir Isaac Newton: The Scientific Portion of which Has Been Presented by the Earl of Portsmouth to the University of Cambridge |
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Copies of 4 letters from Faber to Dr Twysden , 1673—4 , recounting success of experiments in preparing spirits of mercury . Notes on Faber's work . 9. Hermes . Tabula smaragdina et commentarium . 10.
Copies of 4 letters from Faber to Dr Twysden , 1673—4 , recounting success of experiments in preparing spirits of mercury . Notes on Faber's work . 9. Hermes . Tabula smaragdina et commentarium . 10.
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Note that " for rectifying spirits and ethereal oyles , nothing is better than the bladder of an ox or hogg , ” and a recipe for calcining gold which seems only getting it into a fine powder . 9. Dr Goddard's experiments of refining ...
Note that " for rectifying spirits and ethereal oyles , nothing is better than the bladder of an ox or hogg , ” and a recipe for calcining gold which seems only getting it into a fine powder . 9. Dr Goddard's experiments of refining ...
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66 saturation of spirit of antimony by different substances has blanks left for the quantities . pp . 106 , 107 , other chemical experiments . Note of composition of fusible metal “ which in summer will melt in the sun , " with the ...
66 saturation of spirit of antimony by different substances has blanks left for the quantities . pp . 106 , 107 , other chemical experiments . Note of composition of fusible metal “ which in summer will melt in the sun , " with the ...
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150 , experiments on the spirit of zinc , Apr. 26 , 1686 . pp . 151 to 158 , experiments on some alloys of copper , antimony and iron , and continued on p . 267 . pp . 159 to 193 , extracts from Boyle on the medical virtues of saline ...
150 , experiments on the spirit of zinc , Apr. 26 , 1686 . pp . 151 to 158 , experiments on some alloys of copper , antimony and iron , and continued on p . 267 . pp . 159 to 193 , extracts from Boyle on the medical virtues of saline ...
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An apology for the Church of England with relation to the spirit of persecution for which she is accused . A letter of the Rev. F. Peter Jesuite , Almoner to the King of England , written to the Rev. F. le Chaise , confessor to the most ...
An apology for the Church of England with relation to the spirit of persecution for which she is accused . A letter of the Rev. F. Peter Jesuite , Almoner to the King of England , written to the Rev. F. le Chaise , confessor to the most ...
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