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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/9/88
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22 February 1788
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Withering

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William Withering, Letter, 'Additional experiments and observations relating to the principle of acidity, the decomposition of water and phlogiston' from William Withering to Joseph Priestley, 22 February 1788, L&P/9/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_88/letter-additional-experiments-and-observations-relating-to-the-principle-of-acidity-the-decomposition-of-water-and-phlogiston-from-william-withering-to-joseph-priestley, accessed on 19 September 2024

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