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Advertisement for antiscorbutic water

Reference number: L&P/1/6

Date: 17 August 1741

Description

Printed advertisement, listing what ailments the water can help with.

It can be purchased at the 'Glass House', Saltpetre Bank, London.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
L&P/1/6
Earliest possible date
17 August 1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Typescript

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Advertisement for antiscorbutic water, 17 August 1741, L&P/1/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_6/advertisement-for-antiscorbutic-water, accessed on 02 December 2024

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