Unpublished paper, 'Water still an element' by W F [William Ford] Stevenson
Reference number: AP/24/18
Date: 7 April 1840 - 5 May 1840
Description
Stevenson alleges that water is an element and not a compound, and suggests that hydrogen is a compound of water and phlogiston. The short paper is followed by a second version of the paper with further observations.
Subject: Chemistry
- Reference number
- AP/24/18
- Earliest possible date
- 7 April 1840 - 5 May 1840
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 12 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Ford Stevenson, Unpublished paper, 'Water still an element' by W F [William Ford] Stevenson, 7 April 1840 - 5 May 1840, AP/24/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_24_18/unpublished-paper-water-still-an-element-by-w-f-william-ford-stevenson, accessed on 12 December 2025
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Archived papers: volume 24, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1839-1864
1839-1864 Reference number: AP/24
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