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Paper, 'Concerning the nature and origin of ambergrise' by F[ranz] X[avier] Swediaur

Reference number: L&P/8/17

Date: 1782

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of ambergrise'

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Reference number
L&P/8/17
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1782
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Ink on paper
Page extent
32 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Concerning the nature and origin of ambergrise' by F[ranz] X[avier] Swediaur, 1782, L&P/8/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_17/paper-concerning-the-nature-and-origin-of-ambergrise-by-franz-xavier-swediaur, accessed on 14 June 2025

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