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Letter, 'Of composing and decomposing fireable air' from Bryan Higgins to Richard Brocklesby

Reference number: L&P/8/43

Date: 06 November 1783

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Subject: Chemistry

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L&P/8/43
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06 November 1783
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of composing and decomposing fireable air' from Bryan Higgins to Richard Brocklesby, 06 November 1783, L&P/8/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_43/letter-of-composing-and-decomposing-fireable-air-from-bryan-higgins-to-richard-brocklesby, accessed on 13 September 2024

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