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Letter, 'Of purifying air in hospitals' from Thomas White to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/168

Date: 22 June 1763

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 10 November 1763

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L&P/4/168
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22 June 1763
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas White

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Thomas White, Letter, 'Of purifying air in hospitals' from Thomas White to Thomas Birch, 22 June 1763, L&P/4/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_168/letter-of-purifying-air-in-hospitals-from-thomas-white-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 13 January 2025

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