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Letter, 'Of ignited substances' from John Whitehurst to James Stuart

Reference number: L&P/6/189

Date: 29 November 1775

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on ignited substances. By Mr. John Whitehurst, in a letter to James Stuart, Esquire, F.R.S'

Read 23 May 1776

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L&P/6/189
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29 November 1775
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Whitehurst

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John Whitehurst, Letter, 'Of ignited substances' from John Whitehurst to James Stuart, 29 November 1775, L&P/6/189, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_189/letter-of-ignited-substances-from-john-whitehurst-to-james-stuart, accessed on 19 July 2025

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