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Paper, 'Some observations on ancient inks, with the proposal of a new method of recovering the legibility of decayed writings' by Charles Blagden

Reference number: L&P/9/60

Date: 1787

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Some observations on ancient inks, with the proposal of a new method of recovering the legibility of decayed writings. By Charles Blagden, M. D. Sec. B. S. and F. A. S'

Read 28 June 1787

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L&P/9/60
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1787
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Ink on paper
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11 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Blagden

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Charles Blagden, Paper, 'Some observations on ancient inks, with the proposal of a new method of recovering the legibility of decayed writings' by Charles Blagden, 1787, L&P/9/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_60/paper-some-observations-on-ancient-inks-with-the-proposal-of-a-new-method-of-recovering-the-legibility-of-decayed-writings-by-charles-blagden, accessed on 20 April 2026

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