Letter, 'Some observations on Mr Sutton's invention to extract the foul air from the well and other parts of ships' from William Watson to Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/1/76
Date: 04 December 1741
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Letter and paper.
Subject: Chemistry/Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observations upon Mr. Sutton's invention to extract the soul and stinking air from the well and other parts of ships, with critical remarks upon the use of windsails'.
Read 1 April 1742.
- Reference number
- L&P/1/76
- Earliest possible date
- 04 December 1741
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 16 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Watson, Letter, 'Some observations on Mr Sutton's invention to extract the foul air from the well and other parts of ships' from William Watson to Martin Folkes, 04 December 1741, L&P/1/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_76/letter-some-observations-on-mr-suttons-invention-to-extract-the-foul-air-from-the-well-and-other-parts-of-ships-from-william-watson-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 25 March 2025
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IV. Some observations upon Mr. Sutton's invention to extract the soul and stinking air from the well and other parts of ships, with critical remarks upon the use of windsails External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1743
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1742.0024
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