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Letter, 'Experiments on the production of artifical cold' from Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/9/45

Date: 02 May 1787

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some new experiments on the production of artificial cold. In a letter from Thomas Beddoes, M. D. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 10 May 1787

Reference number
L&P/9/45
Earliest possible date
02 May 1787
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
12 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Experiments on the production of artifical cold' from Thomas Beddoes to Joseph Banks, 02 May 1787, L&P/9/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_45/letter-experiments-on-the-production-of-artifical-cold-from-thomas-beddoes-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 23 January 2026

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