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Letter, 'Of the method of making Sal ammoniac in Eqypt, as communicated by Dr Hasselquist, a pupil of Linnaeus' from John Ellis to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/3/416

Date: 20 December 1759

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The method of making sal ammoniac in Egypt ; as communicated by Dr. Linnæus, from his pupil Dr. Hasselquist, who had been lately in those parts : By John Ellis, Esq ; F. R. S.'

Read 31 January 1760

Reference number
L&P/3/416
Earliest possible date
20 December 1759
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Ellis

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John Ellis, Letter, 'Of the method of making Sal ammoniac in Eqypt, as communicated by Dr Hasselquist, a pupil of Linnaeus' from John Ellis to the Royal Society, 20 December 1759, L&P/3/416, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_416/letter-of-the-method-of-making-sal-ammoniac-in-eqypt-as-communicated-by-dr-hasselquist-a-pupil-of-linnaeus-from-john-ellis-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 December 2025

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