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Paper, 'Experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the composition of water and phlogiston' by Joseph Priestley

Reference number: L&P/9/77

Date: 1788

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the composition of water, and phlogiston. By Joseph Priestley, LL. D. F. R. S'

Read 7 February 1788

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L&P/9/77
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1788
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Ink on paper
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15 pages
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Manuscript

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Joseph Priestley

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Joseph Priestley, Paper, 'Experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the composition of water and phlogiston' by Joseph Priestley, 1788, L&P/9/77, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_77/paper-experiments-and-observations-relating-to-the-principle-of-acidity-the-composition-of-water-and-phlogiston-by-joseph-priestley, accessed on 14 December 2024

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