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Letter, 'Experiment on the congelation of quicksilver in England' from Richard Walker to Henry Cavendish

Reference number: L&P/9/134

Date: 1789

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on the congelation of quicksilver in England. By Mr. Richard Walker: in a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S'

Read 28 May 1789

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L&P/9/134
Earliest possible date
1789
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Experiment on the congelation of quicksilver in England' from Richard Walker to Henry Cavendish, 1789, L&P/9/134, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_134/letter-experiment-on-the-congelation-of-quicksilver-in-england-from-richard-walker-to-henry-cavendish, accessed on 13 October 2024

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