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Paper, 'Experiments to determine the quantity of tanning principle and of Gallic acid in the bark of various trees' by George Biggin

Reference number: L&P/11/102

Date: 1799

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments to determine the quantity of tanning principle and gallic acid contained in the bark of various trees'

Read 6 June 1799

Reference number
L&P/11/102
Earliest possible date
1799
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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George Biggin

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George Biggin, Paper, 'Experiments to determine the quantity of tanning principle and of Gallic acid in the bark of various trees' by George Biggin, 1799, L&P/11/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_102/paper-experiments-to-determine-the-quantity-of-tanning-principle-and-of-gallic-acid-in-the-bark-of-various-trees-by-george-biggin, accessed on 16 March 2026

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