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Paper, 'A method of analysing stones containing fixed alkali by means of boracic acid' by Humphry Davy

Reference number: L&P/12/102

Date: 1805

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On a method of analyzing stones containing fixed alkali, by means of the boracic acid'

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L&P/12/102
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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'A method of analysing stones containing fixed alkali by means of boracic acid' by Humphry Davy, 1805, L&P/12/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_102/paper-a-method-of-analysing-stones-containing-fixed-alkali-by-means-of-boracic-acid-by-humphry-davy, accessed on 08 July 2025

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