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Geoffroy recounts attempts to obtain wood ashes without any particles of iron, which seemed to be present regardless of how the wood was prepared for burning and where or how Geoffroy burned the wood.

Subject: Chemistry

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CLP/11i/44
Earliest possible date
1709?
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Claude Joseph Geoffroy

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Claude Joseph Geoffroy, Paper, 'A problem in chimistry. To find ashes which do not contain any particles of iron' by M [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy, 1709?, CLP/11i/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_11i_44/paper-a-problem-in-chimistry-to-find-ashes-which-do-not-contain-any-particles-of-iron-by-m-claude-joseph-geoffroy, accessed on 16 August 2026

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