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Paper, 'Experiments and observations to investigate the composition of James's powder' by George Pearson

Reference number: L&P/9/210

Date: 1791

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations to investigate the composition of James's Powder'

Read 23 June 1791

Reference number
L&P/9/210
Earliest possible date
1791
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
112 pages
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Manuscript

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George Pearson

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George Pearson, Paper, 'Experiments and observations to investigate the composition of James's powder' by George Pearson, 1791, L&P/9/210, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_210/paper-experiments-and-observations-to-investigate-the-composition-of-jamess-powder-by-george-pearson, accessed on 17 February 2025

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