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Paper, 'Observations respecting the natural production of saltpetre [saltpeter] on the walls of subterranean and other buildings' by John Kidd

Reference number: PT/8/26

Date: 01 February 1814

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Subject: Chemistry / Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Observations respecting the natural production of saltpetre on the walls of subterraneous and other buildings'.

Communicated by William Hyde Wollaston. Read 16 June 1814.

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/8/26
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01 February 1814
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Ink on paper
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26 pages
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Manuscript

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John Kidd

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John Kidd, Paper, 'Observations respecting the natural production of saltpetre [saltpeter] on the walls of subterranean and other buildings' by John Kidd, 01 February 1814, PT/8/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_8_26/paper-observations-respecting-the-natural-production-of-saltpetre-saltpeter-on-the-walls-of-subterranean-and-other-buildings-by-john-kidd, accessed on 10 October 2024

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