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Letter, 'Of a late discovery of asbestos' from John Tuberville Needham to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/17

Date: 17 May 1760

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a late discovery of asbestos in France: In a letter to the Rev. Tho. Birch, D. D. Secretary to the Royal Society, from Mr. Turberville Needham, F. R. S'

Read 5 June 1760

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L&P/4/17
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17 May 1760
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Turberville Needham

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John Turberville Needham, Letter, 'Of a late discovery of asbestos' from John Tuberville Needham to Thomas Birch, 17 May 1760, L&P/4/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_17/letter-of-a-late-discovery-of-asbestos-from-john-tuberville-needham-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 02 December 2024

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