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Phosphorus

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  • Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.
  • Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
  • Tabletas Fosfan tonico nervioso general a base de fosforo organico vegetal ... : Tiazoin a base de sulfatiazol ... / Azpeco Chemical Company.
  • Tabletas Fosfan tonico nervioso general a base de fosforo organico vegetal ... : Tiazoin a base de sulfatiazol ... / Azpeco Chemical Company.
  • An alchemist in his study, discovering phosphorus; a young man and a boy in the background. Mezzotint by W. Pether, 1775, after J. Wright of Derby, 1771.
  • Hennig Brand, the German alchemist, discovering phosphorus. Etching, 19th century.
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    Chemistry: chemical apparatus made of glass, metal etc. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1801, after H. Lascelles.

    Lascelles, Henry, active 1800. | Date: 10 February 1801 | Reference: 47598i
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    Tabletas Fosfan tonico nervioso general a base de fosforo organico vegetal ... : Tiazoin a base de sulfatiazol ... / Azpeco Chemical Company.

    | Date: [1947]
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    Experimenta nova atque observata in glacialem noctilucam facta : epistolicè amico rure degenti communicata : quibus adnectitur paradoxon chymicum / authore Roberto Boyleo.

    Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691 | Date: 1682
    • Books

    Phosphorus, food, and our future / Edited by Karl A. Wyant, Jessica E. Corman, James J. Elser.

    | Date: [2013]
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    Free phosphorus in medicine : with special reference to its use in neuralgia a contribution to materia medica and therapeutics / by J. Ashburton Thompson.

    | Date: 1874
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