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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some particulars relative to the production of borax. In a letter from William Blane, Esq. to Gilbert Blane, M. D. F. R. S'

Read 17 May 1787

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L&P/9/48
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1787
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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William Blane

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William Blane, Letter, 'Some particulars relative to the production of Borax' from William Blane to Gilbert Blane, 1787, L&P/9/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_48/letter-some-particulars-relative-to-the-production-of-borax-from-william-blane-to-gilbert-blane, accessed on 10 December 2024

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