"Men and Candles"
Quæsitor
Genre: | Letter, Miscellaneous |
Subjects: | Death, Chemistry |
Reports that during the French revolution the Cimetière des Innocens in Paris was cleared, during which process 'a sort of spermaceti was discovered, occasioned by the action of water on some of the dead bodies', out of which candles were made. | |
See also: | ML1/11/302b/4 |
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