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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 / by Stephen Hale.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wood tar--Early works to 1800.
- Wood tar.
- Turpentine--Early works to 1800.
- Turpentine.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, 29 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Account of some experiments and observations on tar water.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for R. Manby and H.S. Cox ..., 1745.
- Notes:
- "Price six-pence."
- Date of imprint in roman numerals.
- T.p. verso blank.
- Advertisement: p. [1] at end.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T018904.
- Hawke, L. Stephen Hales, XVIII.
- OCLC:
- 3881369
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