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Paper, 'On the conversion of cast into malleable iron' by Thomas Beddoes [Lost by printer]

Reference number: L&P/9/193

Date: 1791

Description

Paper was 'lost by the printer, after it had been composed'.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some appearances attending the conversion of cast into malleable iron. In a letter from Thomas Beddoes, M. D. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read24 March 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/193
Earliest possible date
1791
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On the conversion of cast into malleable iron' by Thomas Beddoes [Lost by printer], 1791, L&P/9/193, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_193/paper-on-the-conversion-of-cast-into-malleable-iron-by-thomas-beddoes-lost-by-printer, accessed on 16 May 2026

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