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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/54/1a
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/108/1a
TitleLetter. John Dalrymple (Edinburgh) to Messrs. Watt and Boulton (Birmingham)
LevelItem
Date16 December 1791
Description[Encloses specimens of a new black powder manufactured by him and a page printed using this powder. He obtained this from the continent and cannot make it in Britain. He can, however make another colour using a residue of volatile alkali. He asks Watt's opinion]. Enclosing MS 3219/4/108/1b.
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