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RefNoL&P/5/228
LevelItem
TitleLetter, 'Experiments with the new phosphorus' from Giovanni Battista Beccaria to John Canton
Date1771
Description1 page in Latin, with 1 page with English translation.

Subject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Letter from Mr. John Baptist Beccaria, of Turin, F. R. S. to Mr. John Canton, F. R. S. on his new phosphorus receiving several colours, and only emitting the same'

Read 11 April 1771
LanguageLatin
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0025
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8306Beccaria; Giovanni Battista (1716 - 1781)1716 - 1781
NA5672Canton; John (1718 - 1772); natural philosopher1718 - 1772
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