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Paper, 'Experiments on substances resisting putrefaction' by John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/2/174

Date: 1750

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A continuation of the experiments on substances resisting putrefacion'

Read 1 November 1750

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L&P/2/174
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1750
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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John Pringle

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John Pringle, Paper, 'Experiments on substances resisting putrefaction' by John Pringle, 1750, L&P/2/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_174/paper-experiments-on-substances-resisting-putrefaction-by-john-pringle, accessed on 11 May 2026

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