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Paper, 'Of the strange effects of some effervescent mixtures' from James Mounsey to Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/3/203

Date: 20 September 1756

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The strange effects of some effervescent mixtures; in a letter from Dr. James Mounsey, Physician of the Russian Army, and F. R. S. to Mr. Henry Baker, F. R. S. Communicated by Mr. Baker'

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Reference number
L&P/3/203
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20 September 1756
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Ink on paper
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7 pages
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Manuscript

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James Mounsey

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James Mounsey, Paper, 'Of the strange effects of some effervescent mixtures' from James Mounsey to Henry Baker, 20 September 1756, L&P/3/203, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_203/paper-of-the-strange-effects-of-some-effervescent-mixtures-from-james-mounsey-to-henry-baker, accessed on 13 May 2025

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