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Letter, 'Analyses of toadstone and Rowley rag' from Joseph Priestley on behalf of William Withering to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/7/251

Date: 27 March 1782

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An analysis of two mineral substances, viz. the Rowley-rag-stone and the Toad-stone. By William Withering, M.D.; communicated by Joseph Priestley, LL.D. F.R.S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P.R.S'

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L&P/7/251
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27 March 1782
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17 pages
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Joseph Priestley

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William Withering

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Joseph Priestley, William Withering, Letter, 'Analyses of toadstone and Rowley rag' from Joseph Priestley on behalf of William Withering to Joseph Banks, 27 March 1782, L&P/7/251, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_251/letter-analyses-of-toadstone-and-rowley-rag-from-joseph-priestley-on-behalf-of-william-withering-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 19 January 2026

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