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Letter, 'On impregnating water with fixed air' from Charles Bisset to William Chaloner

Reference number: L&P/7/109

Date: 29 March 1779

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 13 May 1779

Reference number
L&P/7/109
Earliest possible date
29 March 1779
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On impregnating water with fixed air' from Charles Bisset to William Chaloner, 29 March 1779, L&P/7/109, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_109/letter-on-impregnating-water-with-fixed-air-from-charles-bisset-to-william-chaloner, accessed on 08 October 2026

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