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Paper, 'A chemical analysis of some calamines' by James Smithson

Reference number: L&P/12/38

Date: 1802

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A chemical analysis of some calamines'

Read 18 November 1802

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L&P/12/38
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1802
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41 pages
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James Smithson

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James Smithson, Paper, 'A chemical analysis of some calamines' by James Smithson, 1802, L&P/12/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_38/paper-a-chemical-analysis-of-some-calamines-by-james-smithson, accessed on 17 February 2026

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