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Paper, 'An analysis of several varieties of British and foreign salt (muriate of soda) with a view to explain their fitness for different economical purposes' by William Henry

Reference number: PT/4/4

Date: 1809

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Subject: Mineralogy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An analysis of several varieties of British and Foreign Salt, (muriate of Soda) with a view to explain their fitness for different economical purposes'.

Read 25 January 1809 [1810].

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/4/4
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1809
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70 pages
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Manuscript

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William Henry

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William Henry, Paper, 'An analysis of several varieties of British and foreign salt (muriate of soda) with a view to explain their fitness for different economical purposes' by William Henry, 1809, PT/4/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_4_4/paper-an-analysis-of-several-varieties-of-british-and-foreign-salt-muriate-of-soda-with-a-view-to-explain-their-fitness-for-different-economical-purposes-by-william-henry, accessed on 21 January 2026

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