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Paper, 'On Priestley's and his own experiments on and views as to the nature of phlogiston' from James Watt to Jean Andre De Luc

Reference number: L&P/8/75

Date: 26 November 1784

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Subject: Chemistry/Engineering

Read 29 April 1784 and 6 May 1784

Reference number
L&P/8/75
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26 November 1784
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Ink on paper
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21 pages
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Manuscript

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James Watt

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James Watt, Paper, 'On Priestley's and his own experiments on and views as to the nature of phlogiston' from James Watt to Jean Andre De Luc, 26 November 1784, L&P/8/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_75/paper-on-priestleys-and-his-own-experiments-on-and-views-as-to-the-nature-of-phlogiston-from-james-watt-to-jean-andre-de-luc, accessed on 18 May 2025

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