Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 [Note on boiling or evaporating in a vacuum] [incomplete]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06473.03 Author/Creator: Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph note Date: circa 1830 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 13.1 cm, Width: 19.8 cm Order a Copy
Possibly a note written to himself. "To boil or evaporate in a vacuum will...be free from liability to burn and will allow of reducing the liquid to any desired thickness..." Note is cut off at the end as the rest of the page is missing.
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