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Paper, 'Of three substances mentioned by Arabic physicians - tabasheer, maimaraan, mamithsa' from John Channing to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/4/357

Date: 24 October 1766

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Dr. Watson, F. R. S. containing a description of three substances mentioned by the Arabian physicians, in a paper sent from Aleppo, and translated from the Arabic, by Mr. J. Channing, Apothecary'

Read 8 January 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/357
Earliest possible date
24 October 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of three substances mentioned by Arabic physicians - tabasheer, maimaraan, mamithsa' from John Channing to William Watson, 24 October 1766, L&P/4/357, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_357/paper-of-three-substances-mentioned-by-arabic-physicians-tabasheer-maimaraan-mamithsa-from-john-channing-to-william-watson, accessed on 08 February 2025

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