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Paper, 'Experimental examination of platina, paper 5. Alloys of platina and gold' by William Lewis

Reference number: L&P/3/228

Date: 1757

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experimental examination of platina'

Read 17 March 1757

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L&P/3/228
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1757
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Lewis

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William Lewis, Paper, 'Experimental examination of platina, paper 5. Alloys of platina and gold' by William Lewis, 1757, L&P/3/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_228/paper-experimental-examination-of-platina-paper-5-alloys-of-platina-and-gold-by-william-lewis, accessed on 15 January 2026

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