EXPERIMENT XX.
- Jan. 4. 79. A Receiver being filled with Boil'd Flesh and Broth, whilst the Screw was Set,* 1.1 they were so Compressed as to Raise the Mercury 6 Digits, but it soon subsided again.
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
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- The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
- Author
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for J. Phillips ... and J. Taylor ...,
- 1699-1700.
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- Physics -- Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
- Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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Page 186
- Jan. 28. The Mercury had subsided 8 Digits below it's usual Height. The Receiver being opened, we found the Flesh Sweet and Pleasant; The Broth Subacid and well Tasted.
This Experiment Teaches, that Beef being kept in Receivers as long as Experience shews that it may, and then taken out and Boil'd, and included again in Receivers, may be carried to Sea without Salting it, which may be of no small use in helping to preserve Beef Fresh in long Voyages. See. EXP. XII.
Notes
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* 1.1
Boiled Flesh and Broth.