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Having procured some Norway or Swedish Tar which was thirty Years…
Quote byStephen Hales · 1677–1761
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-Water (1745).
English (original)
Having procured some Norway or Swedish Tar which was thirty Years old... I, according to the Bishop's Prescription, made Tar-water in the proportion of a Gallon of Water to a Quart of Tar, stirring it four Minutes: I then took a Pint of this Tar-water, and evaporated it away in a , cut to a wide Orifice... and weighed.
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