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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments by Francis Hume, M. D. on fish and flesh preserved in lime-water, communicated by John Clephane, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 3 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/445
Earliest possible date
26 April 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Fish and flesh preserved in lime-water' by Francis Hume, 26 April 1753, L&P/2/445, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_445/paper-fish-and-flesh-preserved-in-lime-water-by-francis-hume, accessed on 17 June 2026

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