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Subject: Chemistry

Read 5 March 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/285
Earliest possible date
1772
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
14 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Hey

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William Hey, Paper, 'Proof that no oil of vitriol is present in water impregnated with fixed air from chalk' by William Hey, 1772, L&P/5/285, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_285/paper-proof-that-no-oil-of-vitriol-is-present-in-water-impregnated-with-fixed-air-from-chalk-by-william-hey, accessed on 20 June 2025

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