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Subejct: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Experiments on the production of artificial cold. By Mr. Richard Walker, Apothecary to the Radcliffe Infirmary at Oxford. In a letter to Henry Cavendish, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S'

Read 5 June 1788

Reference number
L&P/9/96
Earliest possible date
27 March 1788
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On the production of artifical cold' from Richard Walker to Henry Cavendish, 27 March 1788, L&P/9/96, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_96/paper-on-the-production-of-artifical-cold-from-richard-walker-to-henry-cavendish, accessed on 13 October 2024

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