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'Experiments to shew that some Damps in Mines may be occasioned only by the burning of Candles under ground without the addition of any noxious Vapour...' by Dr Desaguliers

Reference number: RBO/19/28

Date: 1735

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'...even when the bottom of the Pit has a communication with the outward Air unless the outward Air be forcibly driven in at the said Communication or Pipe'
Outlines of 4 experiments
Read to the Royal Society on 19 June 1735

Reference number
RBO/19/28
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1735
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Experiments to shew that some Damps in Mines may be occasioned only by the burning of Candles under ground without the addition of any noxious Vapour...' by Dr Desaguliers, 1735, RBO/19/28, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_28/experiments-to-shew-that-some-damps-in-mines-may-be-occasioned-only-by-the-burning-of-candles-under-ground-without-the-addition-of-any-noxious-vapour-by-dr-desaguliers, accessed on 10 February 2026

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