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Manuscripts held by Edwin Newton Ohl Collection, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Author: Isaac Newton

Title: Nine miscellaneous items relating to (al)chemical processes.

in Latin and English, 48 pp. in a wrapper headed 'Alychimya' [sic] in another hand and bearing a list of contents in Newton's.

Shelfmark: B MS c 41

Location: Edwin Newton Ohl Collection, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

ALCH00066
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Author: Isaac Newton

Title: Highly technical notes in Latin and English on the distillation of salt.

c. 300 words, 2 pp.

Shelfmark: B MS c 41 b)

Location: Edwin Newton Ohl Collection, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

ALCH00067
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Author: Isaac Newton

Title: Miscellaneous alchemical recipes, including one to turn lead into mercury by mixing it with corn and olive oil over a moderate heat.

in English, c. 200 words, 1 p.

Shelfmark: B MS c 41 c)

Location: Edwin Newton Ohl Collection, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Boston Medical Library, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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