Letter, 'Experiments on mixing gold with tin' from Stanesby Alchorne to Peter Woulfe

Reference number: L&P/8/93

Date: 25 March 1784

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on mixing gold with tin. In a letter from Mr. Stanesby Alchorne, of his Majesty's Mint, to Peter Woulfe, Esq. F.R.S'

Read 24 June 1784

Reference number: L&P/8/93
Earliest possible date: 25 March 1784
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 9 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Letter, 'Experiments on mixing gold with tin' from Stanesby Alchorne to Peter Woulfe, 25 March 1784, L&P/8/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_93/letter-experiments-on-mixing-gold-with-tin-from-stanesby-alchorne-to-peter-woulfe, accessed on 16 March 2025

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XXXVII. Experiments on mixing gold with tin. In a letter from Mr. Stanesby Alchorne, of his Majesty's Mint, to Peter Woulfe, Esq. F.R.S External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1784

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1784.0038

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 8 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1782-1786 Reference number: L&P/8

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