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Paper, 'Experiments with camphor' by Alexander

Reference number: L&P/4/362

Date: 1766

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments with camphire'

Read 29 January 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/362
Earliest possible date
1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
9 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Experiments with camphor' by Alexander, 1766, L&P/4/362, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_362/paper-experiments-with-camphor-by-alexander, accessed on 11 February 2025

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