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TENNANT, SMITHSON. On the Nature of the Diamond Read December 15, 1796. 6-page printed document, likely the first appearance in the published
TENNANT, SMITHSON. On the Nature of the Diamond Read December 15, 1796. 6-page printed document, likely the first appearance in the published transcripts of the Royal Society of London. 8vo, numbered [123]-[128], lightly foxed, Polissack sticker on margin of first page. (London, 1796)
- Notes: "Reports results of burning diamond and production of "fixed air" (carbon dioxide) whose quantity approximates that that would be obtained by burning an equal weight of charcoal"--Sinkankas 6563 (for 1809 edition).
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