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Paper, 'On some combinations of phosphorus and sulphur, and on some other subjects of chemical enquiry' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy

Reference number: PT/6/21

Date: 1812

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Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On some combinations of phosphorus and, and on some other subjects of chemical inquiry'.

Read 18 June 1812.

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/6/21
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1812
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'On some combinations of phosphorus and sulphur, and on some other subjects of chemical enquiry' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy, 1812, PT/6/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_6_21/paper-on-some-combinations-of-phosphorus-and-sulphur-and-on-some-other-subjects-of-chemical-enquiry-by-sir-h-humphry-davy, accessed on 17 April 2026

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