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Letter, 'On coating stone retorts' from Thomas Willis to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/8/165

Date: 15 April 1785

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Subject: Chemistry

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L&P/8/165
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15 April 1785
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On coating stone retorts' from Thomas Willis to Joseph Banks, 15 April 1785, L&P/8/165, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_165/letter-on-coating-stone-retorts-from-thomas-willis-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 19 July 2025

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