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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on air.'

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Reference number
L&P/8/55
Earliest possible date
1783
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
58 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Cavendish

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Henry Cavendish, Paper, 'Experiments on air' by Henry Cavendish, 1783, L&P/8/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_55/paper-experiments-on-air-by-henry-cavendish, accessed on 07 February 2025

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