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Paper, 'An account of some experiments and observations on the constituent parts of certain vegetables and on their operation in tanning' by Humphry Davy

Reference number: L&P/12/48

Date: 1803

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments and observations on the constituent parts of certain astringent vegetables; and on their operation in tanning'

Read 24 February 1803

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L&P/12/48
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1803
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Ink on paper
Page extent
141 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'An account of some experiments and observations on the constituent parts of certain vegetables and on their operation in tanning' by Humphry Davy, 1803, L&P/12/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_48/paper-an-account-of-some-experiments-and-observations-on-the-constituent-parts-of-certain-vegetables-and-on-their-operation-in-tanning-by-humphry-davy, accessed on 12 November 2025

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