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Paper, 'Criticism of Winkler's paper above [L&P/2/217]' by William Watson

Reference number: L&P/2/218

Date: 1751

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Subject: Chemistry/Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of professor Winkler's experiments relating to odours passing through electrised globes and tubes, being the extract and translation from the Latin of two letters sent by that gentleman to Cromwell Mortimer, M. D. Secretary of the Royal Society. With an account of the result of some experiments made here with globes and tubes, transmitted from Leipsic by Mr. Winkler to the Royal Society, in order to verify the facts before mentioned, by Mr. W. Watson, F. R. S'

Read 20 June 1751

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L&P/2/218
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1751
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Paper, 'Criticism of Winkler's paper above [L&P/2/217]' by William Watson, 1751, L&P/2/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_218/paper-criticism-of-winklers-paper-above-lp2217-by-william-watson, accessed on 10 September 2026

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