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Paper, 'On the means of procuring a steady light in coal mines without the danger of explosion' by Wm [William] Reid Clanny

Reference number: PT/7/24

Date: 1813

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/4/12.

Subject: Metallurgy / Mining

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the means of procuring a steady light in coal mines without the danger of explosions'.

Communicated by William Allen. Read 20 May 1813.

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 1, 1832.

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PT/7/24
Earliest possible date
1813
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

William Reid Clanny

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William Reid Clanny, Paper, 'On the means of procuring a steady light in coal mines without the danger of explosion' by Wm [William] Reid Clanny, 1813, PT/7/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_7_24/paper-on-the-means-of-procuring-a-steady-light-in-coal-mines-without-the-danger-of-explosion-by-wm-william-reid-clanny, accessed on 04 December 2024

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