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February 15, 1683–4. Mr. Aston sent an account of ye ascent of water in a bolt-head, a great while before freezing; and that a peice of Ice, of 3'J inches, thick, 4 broad, and a foot long, bore, in ye middle, ye weight of 350 Ib, but with 400 Ib, after some time, it broke; and (which is most surprising) that ye ice on ye Thames of late was not above 11 inches thick. The same letter told us, that Ice was asserted to be to-water in weight, as 7 to 8: which differs not much from Mr. Desmasters late experiment.
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Early Science at Oxford. Nature 115, 248 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115248b0
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