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Letter, 'Of a spirituous liquor distilled from potatoes' from Robert Menzies to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/6/210

Date: 22 November 1774

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 14 November 1776

Reference number
L&P/6/210
Earliest possible date
22 November 1774
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a spirituous liquor distilled from potatoes' from Robert Menzies to unknown recipient, 22 November 1774, L&P/6/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_210/letter-of-a-spirituous-liquor-distilled-from-potatoes-from-robert-menzies-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 18 June 2025

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