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Letter from Andrew Noble, on a paper 'Chemical theory of gunpowder' by Heinrich Debus to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/9/9

Date: 21 March 1822

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Letter about Debus' paper.

Subject: Chemistry

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1882].

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RR/9/9
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21 March 1822
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Andrew Noble

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Andrew Noble, Letter from Andrew Noble, on a paper 'Chemical theory of gunpowder' by Heinrich Debus to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 21 March 1822, RR/9/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_9/letter-from-andrew-noble-on-a-paper-chemical-theory-of-gunpowder-by-heinrich-debus-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 April 2025

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