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Letter, 'Of ink' from Edward Bancroft to Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/6/61

Date: 18 March 1774

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 16 June 1774

Reference number
L&P/6/61
Earliest possible date
18 March 1774
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Bancroft

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Edward Bancroft, Letter, 'Of ink' from Edward Bancroft to Samuel Horsley, 18 March 1774, L&P/6/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_61/letter-of-ink-from-edward-bancroft-to-samuel-horsley, accessed on 20 September 2024

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