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Read to the Royal Society on 17 June 1725.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
CLP/22ii/14
Earliest possible date
1725
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Caspar Scheuchzer

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John Caspar Scheuchzer, Paper, 'Account of some papers relating to the Philosophers stone sent from Riga to the Royal Society' communicated by [John Gaspar] Scheuchzer, 1725, CLP/22ii/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22ii_14/paper-account-of-some-papers-relating-to-the-philosophers-stone-sent-from-riga-to-the-royal-society-communicated-by-john-gaspar-scheuchzer, accessed on 21 May 2026

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    The 'Classified Papers' of the Royal Society are papers from British and international natural philosophers and scholars categorised according to subject areas.

    Dates: 1592 - 1741

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