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Ref NoMS 3219/4/3/1/57
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/127/57
TitleLetter. James Watt (Heathfield) to Joseph Black (Edinburgh).
LevelItem
Date09 November 1799
DescriptionOn nitrous oxide. [Different effects on different patients. Watt is hoping it might cure his leg problems. The settlement in Cornwall. Commends Mr East, a student in medicine at Edinburgh. ‘ I am pinched for time so cannot copy my letter, and may therefore make repetitions.’]. (Partners no. 207)
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