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Letter, 'Dissertation on the antiquity of glass in windows' from John Nixon to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/298

Date: 1758

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A differtation on the antiquity of glass in windows. In a letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secret. R. S. By the Rev. John Nixon, M. A. F. R. S'

Read 2 March 1758

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L&P/3/298
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1758
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Ink on paper
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23 pages
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Manuscript

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John Nixon

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John Nixon, Letter, 'Dissertation on the antiquity of glass in windows' from John Nixon to Thomas Birch, 1758, L&P/3/298, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_298/letter-dissertation-on-the-antiquity-of-glass-in-windows-from-john-nixon-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 14 January 2025

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