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  <dc:title>Letter from Joseph Priestley, Birmingham, to Josiah Wedgwood</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Requesting more retorts to use in experiments converting water into air.

Priestley also notes that "a phial of hot oil...exploded, spoiled my clothes, and burnt my hand".</dc:description>
  <dc:date>23 January 1784</dc:date>
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