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Paper, 'Account by W. Watson of Beccaria's treatise of phosphori' by Giovanni Battista Beccaria

Reference number: L&P/1/453

Date: 1746

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a book intituled, De quamplurimis Phosphoris nunc primum detectis commentarius. Auctore Jac. Barthol. Beccario. Printed in 4to. at Bolognia, 1744. Extracted and translated from the Latin by W. Watson, F. R. S'

Read 27 February 1745

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L&P/1/453
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1746
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Giovanni Battista Beccaria

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Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Paper, 'Account by W. Watson of Beccaria's treatise of phosphori' by Giovanni Battista Beccaria, 1746, L&P/1/453, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_453/paper-account-by-w-watson-of-beccarias-treatise-of-phosphori-by-giovanni-battista-beccaria, accessed on 12 January 2025

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