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An account of some experiments and observations on tar-water: : wherein is shown the quantity of tar that is therein. And also a method proposed, both to abate that quantity considerably, and to ascertain the strength of the tar water. Which was read before the Royal Society

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCXLV [1745]..
Call number: 656307
Creator: Hales, Stephen (1677-1761)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. W. Bruce and Lois B. Fye, June 2021.
Dimensions: 23 cm (4to)
Associated people: Manby, Richard,; Cox, Henry S.,; Fye, Bruce,; Fye, Lois B.,
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