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Paper, 'On the influence of atmospheric pressure upon some of the phenomena of combustion' by Dr E [Edward] Frankland

Reference number: PT/62/6

Date: 1861

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69 manuscript pages and four plates.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the influence of atmospheric pressure upon some of the phenomena of combustion'.

Received and read by the Royal Society on 20 June 1861.

Abstract 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 11, 1862.

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PT/62/6
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1861
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Ink on paper
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73 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Frankland

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Edward Frankland, Paper, 'On the influence of atmospheric pressure upon some of the phenomena of combustion' by Dr E [Edward] Frankland, 1861, PT/62/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_62_6/paper-on-the-influence-of-atmospheric-pressure-upon-some-of-the-phenomena-of-combustion-by-dr-e-edward-frankland, accessed on 16 May 2025

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