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Letter, 'Account of a discovery of native minium' from James Smithson to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/12/128

Date: 03 March 1806

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of a discovery of native minium. In a letter from James Smithson, Esq. F. R. S. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S'

Read 24 April 1806

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L&P/12/128
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03 March 1806
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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James Smithson

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James Smithson, Letter, 'Account of a discovery of native minium' from James Smithson to Joseph Banks, 03 March 1806, L&P/12/128, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_128/letter-account-of-a-discovery-of-native-minium-from-james-smithson-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 06 February 2026

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