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Contains covering letter from James Watt.

Subject: Chemistry

Read 31 March 1803

Reference number
L&P/12/50
Earliest possible date
1803
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Watt

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James Watt, Paper, 'Experiments on gunpowder' by Benjamin Roebuck, 1803, L&P/12/50, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_12_50/paper-experiments-on-gunpowder-by-benjamin-roebuck, accessed on 07 February 2025

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