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Report, 'On Mr Canton's experiments' by the Committee

Reference number: L&P/4/286

Date: 21 October 1765

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Subject: Engineering

Read 5 December 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/286
Earliest possible date
21 October 1765
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Ink on paper
Page extent
21 pages
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Manuscript

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Report, 'On Mr Canton's experiments' by the Committee, 21 October 1765, L&P/4/286, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_286/report-on-mr-cantons-experiments-by-the-committee, accessed on 18 June 2025

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