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Paper, 'Of the attractive powers of the mineral acids' by Richard Kirwan

Reference number: L&P/8/4

Date: 1782

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Continuation of the experiments and observations on the specific gravities and attractive powers of various saline substances'

Read 12 December 1782

Reference number
L&P/8/4
Earliest possible date
1782
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
48 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Richard Kirwan

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Richard Kirwan, Paper, 'Of the attractive powers of the mineral acids' by Richard Kirwan, 1782, L&P/8/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_4/paper-of-the-attractive-powers-of-the-mineral-acids-by-richard-kirwan, accessed on 09 December 2024

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