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Paper, 'Of making insinglass in Russia' by Humphry Jackson

Reference number: L&P/5/315

Date: 15 June 1772

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the discovery of the manner of making isinglass in Russia; with a particular description of its manufacture in England, from the produce of British fisheries. In a letter from Humphrey Jackson, Esq; F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S.'

Read 19 November 1772

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L&P/5/315
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15 June 1772
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Ink on paper
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12 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphry Jackson

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Humphry Jackson, Paper, 'Of making insinglass in Russia' by Humphry Jackson, 15 June 1772, L&P/5/315, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_315/paper-of-making-insinglass-in-russia-by-humphry-jackson, accessed on 14 June 2026

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