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11 pages in English and 8 pages in French.

Subject: Chemistry

Read 15 May 1755

Reference number
L&P/3/23
Earliest possible date
21 January 1755
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
19 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the causes of capillarity' from Etienne Francois Dutour to William Watson, 21 January 1755, L&P/3/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_23/letter-of-the-causes-of-capillarity-from-etienne-francois-dutour-to-william-watson, accessed on 08 February 2025

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