Letter, 'On phlogiston' from James Watt to Jean Andre De Luc
Reference number: L&P/8/73
Date: 21 April 1783

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Subject: Chemistry/Engineering
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Thoughts on the constituent parts of water and of dephlogisticated air; with an account of some experiments on that subject. In a letter from Mr. James Watt, Engineer, to Mr. De Luc, F. R. S'
Read 26 April 1783
- Reference number
- L&P/8/73
- Earliest possible date
- 21 April 1783
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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James Watt, Letter, 'On phlogiston' from James Watt to Jean Andre De Luc, 21 April 1783, L&P/8/73, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_73/letter-on-phlogiston-from-james-watt-to-jean-andre-de-luc, accessed on 08 July 2025
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Jean Andre De Luc
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