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Paper, 'On the cause of the additional weight which metals acquire by being calcined' by George Fordyce

Reference number: L&P/10/20

Date: 1793

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Contains plate.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the cause of the additional weight which metals acquire by being calcined. In a letter from George Fordyce, M.D. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 21 June 1792

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L&P/10/20
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1793
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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George Fordyce

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George Fordyce, Paper, 'On the cause of the additional weight which metals acquire by being calcined' by George Fordyce, 1793, L&P/10/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_20/paper-on-the-cause-of-the-additional-weight-which-metals-acquire-by-being-calcined-by-george-fordyce, accessed on 18 September 2024

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