Philosophical Reactions #3: May Dew and Subterraneous Damps
Channel: Attoparsec
Date: 2021-06-07

A detailed historical look at the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions for May 8, 1665.

In this episode: May Dew, more comet talk from Adrien Auzout, French canals, herbal rattlesnake cures, confined space tragedies, sulfur mining, more on Boyle's cold, and an update on the hydraulic blower mentioned in the previous episode.