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Paper, 'Of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in spa water' by William Brownrigg

Reference number: L&P/4/271

Date: 18 May 1765

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Contains plate.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An experimental enquiry into the mineral elastic spirit, or air, contained in spa water; as well as into the mephitic qualities of this spirit'

Read 13 June 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/271
Earliest possible date
18 May 1765
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
29 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Brownrigg

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William Brownrigg, Paper, 'Of the mineral elastic spirit or air contained in spa water' by William Brownrigg, 18 May 1765, L&P/4/271, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_271/paper-of-the-mineral-elastic-spirit-or-air-contained-in-spa-water-by-william-brownrigg, accessed on 14 May 2025

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