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'Observations on a Experiment made to demonstrate the Phlogiston or Ather in Mars and Oil of Vitriol by Explosion and how to condense it by Mr Godfrey'

Reference number: RBO/14/105

Date: 1729

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Read to the Royal Society on 19 February 1729

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RBO/14/105
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1729
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3 pages
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'Observations on a Experiment made to demonstrate the Phlogiston or Ather in Mars and Oil of Vitriol by Explosion and how to condense it by Mr Godfrey', 1729, RBO/14/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_105/observations-on-a-experiment-made-to-demonstrate-the-phlogiston-or-ather-in-mars-and-oil-of-vitriol-by-explosion-and-how-to-condense-it-by-mr-godfrey, accessed on 16 March 2026

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