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Ref NoMS 3219/4/1/6/39/22
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/93/22
TitleLetter. Professor John Robison (Edinburgh) to James Watt (Heathfield).
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Date15 December 1798
DescriptionIceland crystal. His son's visit to me.[Asks for a means of extracting the Soda in whinstone and basaltic columns in Scotland :'I think poor Caledonia might bleach and glaze all Euriope for a while.' Optical properties of Iceland crystal; would like someone else to continue with his experiments]. (Partners no. 199)
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LanguageEnglish
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