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Paper, 'Oberservations and experiments on some ancient metallic arms, instruments and utensils' by George Pearson

Reference number: L&P/11/1

Date: 1796

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on some ancient metallic arms and utensils; with experiments to determine their composition'

Read 9 June 1796

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L&P/11/1
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1796
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82 pages
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George Pearson

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George Pearson, Paper, 'Oberservations and experiments on some ancient metallic arms, instruments and utensils' by George Pearson, 1796, L&P/11/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_1/paper-oberservations-and-experiments-on-some-ancient-metallic-arms-instruments-and-utensils-by-george-pearson, accessed on 16 April 2026

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