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Paper, 'Sur ls principes de la decomposition de l'eau [On the principles of water decomposition]' by Adam Guillaume de Hauch

Reference number: L&P/10/63

Date: 1793

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33 pages in French, with 35 pages of English translation.

Subject: Chemistry

Read 21 November 1793

Reference number
L&P/10/63
Earliest possible date
1793
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
68 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Sur ls principes de la decomposition de l'eau [On the principles of water decomposition]' by Adam Guillaume de Hauch, 1793, L&P/10/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_63/paper-sur-ls-principes-de-la-decomposition-de-leau-on-the-principles-of-water-decomposition-by-adam-guillaume-de-hauch, accessed on 16 June 2025

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