Letter, 'Experiments with the new phosphorus' from Giovanni Battista Beccaria to John Canton
Reference number: L&P/5/228
Date: 1771
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1 page in Latin, with 1 page with English translation.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Letter from Mr. John Baptist Beccaria, of Turin, F. R. S. to Mr. John Canton, F. R. S. on his new phosphorus receiving several colours, and only emitting the same'
Read 11 April 1771
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- L&P/5/228
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- 1771
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- 4 pages
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Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Letter, 'Experiments with the new phosphorus' from Giovanni Battista Beccaria to John Canton, 1771, L&P/5/228, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_228/letter-experiments-with-the-new-phosphorus-from-giovanni-battista-beccaria-to-john-canton, accessed on 14 May 2025
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XXV. Letter from Mr. John Baptist Beccaria, of Turin, F. R. S. to Mr. John Canton, F. R. S. on his new phosphorus receiving several colours, and only emitting the same External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1771
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0025
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