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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on carbonated hydrogenous gas; with a view to determine whether carbon be a simple or a compound substance'

Read 29 June 1797

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L&P/11/34
Earliest possible date
1797
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Ink on paper
Page extent
24 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Paper, 'Experiments on carbonated hydrogenous gas' by William Henry, 1797, L&P/11/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_34/paper-experiments-on-carbonated-hydrogenous-gas-by-william-henry, accessed on 14 November 2025

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