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Reference numberPT/2/18/1
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, ['Description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion; with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining application'] by William Henry
Date19 May 1808
DescriptionSubject: Chemistry

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Description of an apparatus for the analysis of the compound inflammable gases by slow combustion; with experiments on the gas from coal, explaining application'.

Written by Henry in Manchester. Communicated by Humphry Davy. Read 23 June 1808.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 1, 1832.
Extent29p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0168
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1808.0019
Related records in the cataloguePT/2/18
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6846Henry; William (1774 - 1836); chemist1774 - 1836
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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