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Letter, 'Chemical experiments and experiments on lead ore' from Richard Watson to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/7/53

Date: 13 June 1778

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Chemical experiments and observations on lead ore'

Read 9 July 1778

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L&P/7/53
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13 June 1778
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Ink on paper
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20 pages
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Manuscript

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Richard Watson

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Richard Watson, Letter, 'Chemical experiments and experiments on lead ore' from Richard Watson to John Pringle, 13 June 1778, L&P/7/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_53/letter-chemical-experiments-and-experiments-on-lead-ore-from-richard-watson-to-john-pringle, accessed on 11 November 2025

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