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GB-110/JES/COR/8/111
Title
Daniel Rutherford, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
22 Nov 1793
Author(s)
Daniel Rutherford 1749-1819
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/111 from Daniel Rutherford, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/8/111 from Daniel Rutherford, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1793) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Rutherford, Daniel
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Received Smith's letter, seeds, and parcel from [Carl Peter] Thunberg. Discovery of new genus of absorbent earth called "Strontites" [strontium] by [Thomas Charles] Hope, who read a paper at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on it. Details of its properties and characteristics. Offers to send a specimen.
Letter date:
22 Nov 1793
Languages:
English
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