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Letter, 'Of making ice in the East Indies' from Robert Barker to Richard Brocklesby

Reference number: L&P/6/92

Date: 02 March 1775

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'The process of making ice in the East Indies. By Sir Robert Barker, F. R. S. in a letter to Dr. Brocklesby'

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L&P/6/92
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02 March 1775
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Barker

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Robert Barker, Letter, 'Of making ice in the East Indies' from Robert Barker to Richard Brocklesby, 02 March 1775, L&P/6/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_92/letter-of-making-ice-in-the-east-indies-from-robert-barker-to-richard-brocklesby, accessed on 21 January 2025

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