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Paper, 'Of damps Part IV. Of mineral exhalations and mineral waters' by William Brownrigg

Reference number: L&P/1/81

Date: 1742

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Subject: Geology/Chemistry

Read 8 April 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/81
Earliest possible date
1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of damps Part IV. Of mineral exhalations and mineral waters' by William Brownrigg, 1742, L&P/1/81, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_81/paper-of-damps-part-iv-of-mineral-exhalations-and-mineral-waters-by-william-brownrigg, accessed on 09 May 2026

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