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Paper, 'Experiments and observations on specific gravities and on the attractive power of various saline substances' by Richard Kirwan

Reference number: L&P/7/174

Date: 1780

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations on the specific gravities and attractive powers of various saline substances'

Read 16 November 1780

Reference number
L&P/7/174
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1780
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Ink on paper
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26 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Kirwan

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Richard Kirwan, Paper, 'Experiments and observations on specific gravities and on the attractive power of various saline substances' by Richard Kirwan, 1780, L&P/7/174, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_174/paper-experiments-and-observations-on-specific-gravities-and-on-the-attractive-power-of-various-saline-substances-by-richard-kirwan, accessed on 10 July 2025

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