Paper, 'An easy method of making a phosphorus that will imbibe and emit light' by John Canton
Reference number: L&P/5/55
Date: 20 November 1768
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Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An early method of making a phosphorus, that will imbibe and emit light, like the Bolognian stone; with experiments and observations'
Read 22 December 1768
- Reference number
- L&P/5/55
- Earliest possible date
- 20 November 1768
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Canton, Paper, 'An easy method of making a phosphorus that will imbibe and emit light' by John Canton, 20 November 1768, L&P/5/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_55/paper-an-easy-method-of-making-a-phosphorus-that-will-imbibe-and-emit-light-by-john-canton, accessed on 20 June 2025
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XLV. An early method of making a phosphorus, that will imbibe and emit light, like the Bolognian stone; with experiments and observations External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1768
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1768.0045
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