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Paper, 'On the decomposition of the acid of borax or sedative salt' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell

Reference number: L&P/11/87

Date: 1798

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21 pages in German and 27 pages in English.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the decomposition of the acid of borax or sedative salt. By Lawrence de Crell, M. D. F. R. S. Lond. and Edinb. and M. R. I. A. Translated from the German'

Read 7 February 1799

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L&P/11/87
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1798
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48 pages
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Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell

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Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell, Paper, 'On the decomposition of the acid of borax or sedative salt' by Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von Crell, 1798, L&P/11/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_87/paper-on-the-decomposition-of-the-acid-of-borax-or-sedative-salt-by-lorenz-florenz-friedrich-von-crell, accessed on 12 November 2025

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