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Paper, 'Further experiments and observations on iodine' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy

Reference number: PT/8/25

Date: 01 March 1814

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Two copies of the manuscript and one page of manuscript corrections.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Further experiments and observations on Iodine'.

Manuscript written by Davy in Florence, Italy and dated 23 March 1814. Corrections written by Davy in Geneva, Switzerland and dated 10 August 1814. Manuscript read 16 June 1814.

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/8/25
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01 March 1814
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Ink on paper
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33 pages
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Manuscript

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Humphry Davy

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Humphry Davy, Paper, 'Further experiments and observations on iodine' by Sir H [Humphry] Davy, 01 March 1814, PT/8/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_8_25/paper-further-experiments-and-observations-on-iodine-by-sir-h-humphry-davy, accessed on 12 August 2026

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