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Unpublished petition and letter, regarding the cultivation of chemistry by John J Griffin

Reference number: AP/22/9

Date: 1839

Description

Griffin shares a draft petition addressed to 'the Right Honorable The Lords of the Treasury', calling for more scientific equipment, chemical preparations and drugs to be imported into England duty free. This is followed by an extended account writen in Glasgow on 18 May 1839 regarding drugs or chemicals and three printed sheets providing a 'List of pure chemical re-agents' of 1838, and 'Supplementary catalogue of improved cheap chemical apparatus' of 1838. With annotations in pencil.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
AP/22/9
Earliest possible date
1839
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Unpublished petition and letter, regarding the cultivation of chemistry by John J Griffin, 1839, AP/22/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_22_9/unpublished-petition-and-letter-regarding-the-cultivation-of-chemistry-by-john-j-griffin, accessed on 14 October 2024

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