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Unpublished paper, 'Note on the chemical composition of two liquids lately proposed as disinfectants of great power; and on the action of those liquids on putrid animal matter' by A B [Augustus Bozzi] Granville

Reference number: AP/13/9

Date: 20 February 1827

Description

Granville writes of two chlorine-based disinfectants, liquid chlorine and crystallised carbonate of soda mixed with chlorine gas, and conducts experiments to discover their effect on dead bodies, including halting the decomposition process.

A graphite inscription below title reads 'Archives 1827 unpub'.

Subject: Chemistry / Biology

Written by Granville in Grafton Street, Berkeley Square [London]. Ordered not to be printed on 22 March 1827.

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AP/13/9
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20 February 1827
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Ink on paper
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16 pages
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Manuscript

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Augustus Bozzi Granville

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Augustus Bozzi Granville, Unpublished paper, 'Note on the chemical composition of two liquids lately proposed as disinfectants of great power; and on the action of those liquids on putrid animal matter' by A B [Augustus Bozzi] Granville, 20 February 1827, AP/13/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_13_9/unpublished-paper-note-on-the-chemical-composition-of-two-liquids-lately-proposed-as-disinfectants-of-great-power-and-on-the-action-of-those-liquids-on-putrid-animal-matter-by-a-b-augustus-bozzi-granville, accessed on 12 November 2025

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