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Letter, 'Experiments on ignited bodies' from John Roebuck to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/179

Date: 9 May 1776

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Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on ignited bodies'

Read 15 February 1776 and 9 May 1776

Reference number
L&P/6/179
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9 May 1776
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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John Roebuck

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John Roebuck, Letter, 'Experiments on ignited bodies' from John Roebuck to John Pringle, 9 May 1776, L&P/6/179, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_179/letter-experiments-on-ignited-bodies-from-john-roebuck-to-john-pringle, accessed on 11 December 2024

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