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Reference numberCB/1/3/271
Alternative reference numberBLA.D.53
LevelItem
TitleLetter from J A De Luc, Birmingham to Charles Blagden, King's Row, Bedford Row, London
Date9 October 1784
DescriptionDescribes his stay with Mr Watt. Was unable to visit Dr Withering a second time. Discusses number of reprints of his paper required. Discusses discoveries of Birmingham scientists, particularly those of Priestley.
With note by Blagden concerning copies of paper.
LanguageFrench
Extent1 sheet
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related material'Thoughts on the Constituent Parts of Water and of Dephlogisticated Air; With an Account of Some Experiments on That Subject. In a Letter from Mr. James Watt, Engineer, to Mr. De Luc, F. R. S.'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 74. (1784), pp. 329-353
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CodeNameDates
NA8254Luc; Jean Andre De (1727 - 1817)1727 - 1817
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