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Letter, 'Experiments on the water lately discovered near Stonehouse' from William Cookworthy to Francis Geach

Reference number: L&P/6/142

Date: 29 May 1775

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 23 November 1775

Reference number
L&P/6/142
Earliest possible date
29 May 1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Experiments on the water lately discovered near Stonehouse' from William Cookworthy to Francis Geach, 29 May 1775, L&P/6/142, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_142/letter-experiments-on-the-water-lately-discovered-near-stonehouse-from-william-cookworthy-to-francis-geach, accessed on 19 September 2024

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