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Letter, 'The solubility of iron in simple water by the intervention of fixed air' from Timothy Lane to Henry Cavendish

Reference number: L&P/5/129

Date: 05 June 1769

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. Lane, Apothecary, in Aldersgate-Street, to the Honourable Henry Cavendish, F. R. S. on the solubility of iron in simple water, by the intervention of fixed air'

Read 23 November 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/129
Earliest possible date
05 June 1769
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
24 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Timothy Lane

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Timothy Lane, Letter, 'The solubility of iron in simple water by the intervention of fixed air' from Timothy Lane to Henry Cavendish, 05 June 1769, L&P/5/129, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_129/letter-the-solubility-of-iron-in-simple-water-by-the-intervention-of-fixed-air-from-timothy-lane-to-henry-cavendish, accessed on 13 October 2024

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