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Letter, 'Of an improved hygroscope' from William Arderon to Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/1/456

Date: 15 February 1746

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Contains illustration.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from Mr. William Arderon F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. with the description of an improved hygroscope'

Read 27 February 1746

Reference number
L&P/1/456
Earliest possible date
15 February 1746
Physical description
Ink on paper with plate
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Arderon

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William Arderon, Letter, 'Of an improved hygroscope' from William Arderon to Henry Baker, 15 February 1746, L&P/1/456, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_456/letter-of-an-improved-hygroscope-from-william-arderon-to-henry-baker, accessed on 17 February 2026

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