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RefNoAP/22/9
Previous numbersAP.22.9
LevelFile
TitleUnpublished petition and letter, regarding the cultivation of chemistry by John J Griffin
Date1839
DescriptionGriffin shares a draft petition addressed to 'the Right Honorable The Lords of the Treasury', calling for more scientific equipment, chemical preparations and drugs to be imported into England duty free. This is followed by an extended account writen in Glasgow on 18 May 1839 regarding drugs or chemicals and three printed sheets providing a 'List of pure chemical re-agents' of 1838, and 'Supplementary catalogue of improved cheap chemical apparatus' of 1838. With annotations in pencil.

Subject: Chemistry
Extent20p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
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