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Paper, 'Observations on charcoal' by Joseph Priestley

Reference number: L&P/5/168

Date: 1769

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Subejct: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations on charcoal'

Read 5 April 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/168
Earliest possible date
1769
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Ink on paper
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19 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Priestley

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Joseph Priestley, Paper, 'Observations on charcoal' by Joseph Priestley, 1769, L&P/5/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_168/paper-observations-on-charcoal-by-joseph-priestley, accessed on 19 September 2024

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