Paper, 'Method of securing buildings against fire' by Charles Mahon

Reference number: L&P/7/54

Date: 1778

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Subject: Chemistry/Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Descriptions of a most effectual method of securing buildings against fire, invented by Charles Lord Viscount Mahon, F. R. S'

Read 2 July 1778

Reference number: L&P/7/54
Earliest possible date: 1778
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 17 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Charles Mahon

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Charles Mahon, Paper, 'Method of securing buildings against fire' by Charles Mahon, 1778, L&P/7/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_54/paper-method-of-securing-buildings-against-fire-by-charles-mahon, accessed on 14 January 2026

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XL. Descriptions of a most effectual method of securing buildings against fire, invented by Charles Lord Viscount Mahon, F. R. S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1778

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1778.0041

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7

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