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Paper, 'Experiments and observations made with a view of ascertaining the nature of the gas produced by passing electric discharges through water' by George Pearson

Reference number: L&P/11/18

Date: 1796

Description

Contains two plates.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations, made with the view of ascertaining the nature of the gaz produced by passing electric discharges through water'

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Reference number
L&P/11/18
Earliest possible date
1796
Physical description
Ink on paper and two plates
Page extent
23 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

George Pearson

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George Pearson, Paper, 'Experiments and observations made with a view of ascertaining the nature of the gas produced by passing electric discharges through water' by George Pearson, 1796, L&P/11/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_18/paper-experiments-and-observations-made-with-a-view-of-ascertaining-the-nature-of-the-gas-produced-by-passing-electric-discharges-through-water-by-george-pearson, accessed on 17 January 2026

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