| Manuscripts/MS Add.3958-4007/MS Add.3973 contains: |
| Add.3973.1 |
Subliming Antimony with Salamoniac; Alloying Antimony with Lead and Other Metals |
| Add.3973.2 |
Subliming Antimonial Sublimate with Lead Antimoniate etc.; Action of Nitric Acid and Salammoniac on Antimony Sulphide etc. |
| Add.3973.3 |
Fusing Antimony with Vitriol and other things; Sublimation of Various Metals by Help of Antimony and Salammoniac etc; Action of Oil of Vitriol on Galena, of Nitric Acid on Sublimate of Antimony, and Others of a Like Kind. |
| Add.3973.4 |
Various Experiments |
| Add.3973.5 |
Sublimations of Calx Albus with Salammoniac etc. |
| Add.3973.6 |
On a Volatile Salt of Zinc (apparently the chloride), and on an Alloy Derived from Ores of Iron, Antimony, Tin, Lead and Bismuth |
| Add.3973.7 |
On Some Bismuth Compounds and the Action of Aqua Fortis on Alloys of Tin, Bismuth and Zinc |
| Add.3973.8 |
Experiments and Observations |
| Add.3973.9 |
Experiments with Antimony and Ores of Iron, Copper, and Tin, and Sublimations with Salammoniac; Sublimations of Antimony with Iron Ore. |
| Add.3973.10 |
Undated Notes on Chemical Experiments |
| Add.3973.11 |
De metallo ad conficiendum speculum componendo et fundendo |
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The Portsmouth Collection
| Title |
De metallo ad conficiendum speculum componendo et fundendo |
| Reference |
MS Add.3973.11 |
| Creator |
Newton, Sir Isaac, Knight, 1642-1727, natural philosopher and mathematician |
| Covering Dates |
c 1670-c 1700 |
| Extent and Medium |
ff.2 [quarto]; paper |
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| Further information |
Printed in Sir David Brewster, "Memoirs of the Life, Writings and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton" (London, 1855), volume II, p.535. |
| Index Terms |
| Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Knight, natural philosopher and mathematician |
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