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Contains plate.

Subject: Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on the production of dephlogisticated air from water with various substances. In a letter from Sir Benjamin Thompson, Knt. F. R. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 15 February 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/29
Earliest possible date
01 September 1786
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
65 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Benjamin Thompson

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Benjamin Thompson, Paper, 'Experiments on the production of dephlogisticated air' by Benjamin Thompson, 01 September 1786, L&P/9/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_29/paper-experiments-on-the-production-of-dephlogisticated-air-by-benjamin-thompson, accessed on 06 February 2026

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