Paper, 'Experiments and observations on Buxton water' by Thomas Percival

Reference number: L&P/5/313

Date: 1772

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations on the waters of Buxton and Matlock, in Derbyshire, by Thomas Percival, of Manchester, M. D. and F. R. S'

Read 25 June 1772

Reference number: L&P/5/313
Earliest possible date: 1772
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 15 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Thomas Percival, Paper, 'Experiments and observations on Buxton water' by Thomas Percival, 1772, L&P/5/313, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_313/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-buxton-water-by-thomas-percival, accessed on 14 June 2026

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XXXII. Experiments and observations on the waters of Buxton and Matlock, in Derbyshire, by Thomas Percival, of Manchester, M. D. and F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1772

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1772.0033

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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