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Remarks by John Brown, chemist, on Caspar Neumann's treatise on ambergris

Reference number: RBO/17/70

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Read to the Royal Society on 19 November 1730

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RBO/17/70
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3 pages
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Remarks by John Brown, chemist, on Caspar Neumann's treatise on ambergris, RBO/17/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_17_70/remarks-by-john-brown-chemist-on-caspar-neumanns-treatise-on-ambergris, accessed on 14 May 2026

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