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RefNoMM/16/1
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Dr Hermann Sprengel to Sir Frederick Abel
Date25 November 1891
DescriptionCommenting on a paper in the 'Philosophical Transactions' by Abel from 1874 ('Contributions to the History of Explosive Agents. Second Memoir').

Sprengel requests more details on the date of an experimental explosion carried out by Abel and mentioned in the paper.

Also included is Sprengel's paper 'The Origin of Melinite and Lyddite'.
Extent26 sides
FormatManuscript and printed documents
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6484Sprengel; Hermann Johann Phillipp (1834 - 1906)1834 - 1906
NA3596Abel; Sir; Frederick Augustus (1827 - 1902)1827 - 1902
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