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Paper, 'Further experiments on the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air' by Joseph Priestley

Reference number: L&P/9/198

Date: 1791

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Contains envelope with specimen inside.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Farther experiments relating to the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air'

Read 7 April 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/198
Earliest possible date
1791
Physical description
Ink on paper and specimen
Page extent
13 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Joseph Priestley

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Joseph Priestley, Paper, 'Further experiments on the decomposition of dephlogisticated and inflammable air' by Joseph Priestley, 1791, L&P/9/198, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_198/paper-further-experiments-on-the-decomposition-of-dephlogisticated-and-inflammable-air-by-joseph-priestley, accessed on 03 October 2024

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