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Paper, 'Of a new colouring substance from the island of Amsterdam in the South Seas' by Peter Woulfe

Reference number: L&P/6/83

Date: 1775

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on a new colouring substance from the island of Amsterdam in the South Sea. Made by Mr. Peter Woulfe, F. R. S. at the desire of Sir John Pringle, Bart. P.R.S'

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L&P/6/83
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1775
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4 pages
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Peter Woulfe

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Peter Woulfe, Paper, 'Of a new colouring substance from the island of Amsterdam in the South Seas' by Peter Woulfe, 1775, L&P/6/83, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_83/paper-of-a-new-colouring-substance-from-the-island-of-amsterdam-in-the-south-seas-by-peter-woulfe, accessed on 13 February 2026

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