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Letter, 'Of scoria from iron-works like spun glass' from Samuel More to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/7/230

Date: 12 December 1781

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some scoria from iron works, which resemble the vitrified filaments described by Sir William Hamilton. In a letter from Samuel More, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S'

Read 17 January 1782

Reference number
L&P/7/230
Earliest possible date
12 December 1781
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of scoria from iron-works like spun glass' from Samuel More to Joseph Banks, 12 December 1781, L&P/7/230, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_230/letter-of-scoria-from-iron-works-like-spun-glass-from-samuel-more-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 08 September 2024

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