Paper, 'Phil [Philosophical] Trans [Transactions] 1809, portion of Davy's paper' by Humphry Davy
Reference number: PT/2/24
Date: 1808

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Portion of manuscript for paper published in 1809 volume of Philosophical Transactions. Includes a covering page with a note to the binder. Remainder of manuscript found at PT/3/3.
Subject: Chemistry
Full paper published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The Bakerian Lecture. An account of some new analytical researches on the nature of certain bodies, particularly the alkalies, phosphorus, sulphur, carbonaceous matter, and the acids hitherto undecompounded; with some general observations on chemical theory'.
Read 15 December 1808.
Abstract of full paper published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
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- PT/2/24
- Earliest possible date
- 1808
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 7 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'Phil [Philosophical] Trans [Transactions] 1809, portion of Davy's paper' by Humphry Davy, 1808, PT/2/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_2_24/paper-phil-philosophical-trans-transactions-1809-portion-of-davys-paper-by-humphry-davy, accessed on 16 June 2025
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1808
April 1807 - December 1808 Reference number: PT/2
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