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Letter, 'Of phosphor' from Benjamin Wilson to Leonhard Euler

Reference number: L&P/7/113

Date: 25 May 1779

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 3 June 1779

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L&P/7/113
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25 May 1779
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Ink on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Wilson

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Benjamin Wilson, Letter, 'Of phosphor' from Benjamin Wilson to Leonhard Euler, 25 May 1779, L&P/7/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_113/letter-of-phosphor-from-benjamin-wilson-to-leonhard-euler, accessed on 08 September 2024

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