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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water, and phlogiston. By Joseph Priestly, LL. D. F. R. S. With Letters to him on the subject, by Dr. Withering, and James Keir, Esq'

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L&P/9/87
Earliest possible date
26 March 1788
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Keir

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James Keir, Letter, 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water and phlogiston' from James Keir to Joseph Priestley, 26 March 1788, L&P/9/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_87/letter-additional-experiments-and-observations-relating-to-the-principle-of-acidity-the-decomposition-of-water-and-phlogiston-from-james-keir-to-joseph-priestley, accessed on 19 September 2024

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