Paper, ['Description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion; with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining application'] by William Henry
Reference number: PT/2/18
Date: 19 May 1808
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29 manuscript pages and one plate illustrating the apparatus.
Subject: Chemistry
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion; with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining application'.
Written by Henry in Manchester. Communicated by Humphry Davy. Read 23 June 1808.
Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
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- PT/2/18
- Earliest possible date
- 19 May 1808
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 30 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Henry, Paper, ['Description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion; with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining application'] by William Henry, 19 May 1808, PT/2/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_2_18/paper-description-of-an-apparatus-for-the-analysis-of-the-compound-inflammable-gases-by-slow-combustion-with-experiments-on-the-gas-from-coal-explaining-application-by-william-henry, accessed on 21 January 2026
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