Paper, 'Experimental examination of platina, paper 3' by William Lewis
Reference number: L&P/2/519
Date: 1754
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Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experimental examination of a white metallic substance said to be found in the gold mines of the Spanish West-Indies [Caribbean], and there known by the appellations of platina, Platina di Pinto, Juan Blanca'
Read 20 June 1754
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- L&P/2/519
- Earliest possible date
- 1754
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 15 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Lewis, Paper, 'Experimental examination of platina, paper 3' by William Lewis, 1754, L&P/2/519, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_519/paper-experimental-examination-of-platina-paper-3-by-william-lewis, accessed on 22 January 2025
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