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Letter, 'Airs from different kinds of waters' from Felice Fontana to Joseph Priestley

Reference number: L&P/7/102

Date: 09 February 1779

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the airs extracted from different kinds of water; with thoughts on the salubrity of air at different places. In a letter from the Abbé Fontanta, director of the cabinet of natural history belonging to his Royal Highness the grand duke of Tuscany, to Joseph Priestly, LL.D, F. R. S'

Read 25 March 1779

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L&P/7/102
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09 February 1779
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Ink on paper
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Airs from different kinds of waters' from Felice Fontana to Joseph Priestley, 09 February 1779, L&P/7/102, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_102/letter-airs-from-different-kinds-of-waters-from-felice-fontana-to-joseph-priestley, accessed on 19 September 2024

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