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Letter, 'Of an oil sent from North Carolina by George Brownrigg' from William Watson to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/135

Date: 1769

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some account of an oil, transmitted by Mr. George Brownrigg, of North Carolina. By William Watson, M.D. R. S. S'

Read 14 December 1769

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L&P/5/135
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1769
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Ink on paper
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9 pages
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Manuscript

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William Watson

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William Watson, Letter, 'Of an oil sent from North Carolina by George Brownrigg' from William Watson to the Royal Society, 1769, L&P/5/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_135/letter-of-an-oil-sent-from-north-carolina-by-george-brownrigg-from-william-watson-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 August 2026

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