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Letter, 'Artificial cold produced at Petersburg' from Nicolaus de Hinsel to DR de Castro

Reference number: L&P/4/11

Date: 1760

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of artificial cold produced at Petersburg: By Dr. Himsel. In a letter to Dr. De Castro, F. R. S. translated from the French by James Parsons, M. D. F. R. S'

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L&P/4/11
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1760
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Nicolaus de Himsel

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Nicolaus de Himsel, Letter, 'Artificial cold produced at Petersburg' from Nicolaus de Hinsel to DR de Castro, 1760, L&P/4/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_11/letter-artificial-cold-produced-at-petersburg-from-nicolaus-de-hinsel-to-dr-de-castro, accessed on 11 December 2024

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