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Richard Kirwan

Irish geologist and chemist (1733-1812)

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  • Richard Kirwan. Stipple engraving by K. Mackenzie, 1803.

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    The manures most advantageously applicable to the various sorts of soils, and the causes of their beneficial effect in each particular instance / By Richard Kirwan.

    Kirwan, Richard, 1733-1812. | Date: 1796
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    Herrn Carl Wilhelm Scheele ... Chemische Abhandlung von Luft und Feuer / Nebst einem Vorberichte [aus dem Schwedischen] von Torbern Bergmann ... mit einer eigenen Abhandlung über die Luftgattungen wie auch mit der Herren Kirwan und Priestley Bemerkungen und Herrn Scheelens Erfahrungen über die Menge der im Dunstkreise befindlichen reinsten Luft vermehrt und mit einem Register versehen, von D. Johann Gottfried Leonhardi.

    Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, 1742-1786. | Date: 1782
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    An essay on the analysis of mineral waters / by Richard Kirwan.

    Kirwan, Richard, 1733-1812 | Date: 1799
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    Experiments on hepatic air ... : Read at the Royal Society, December 22, 1785 / [Richard Kirwan].

    Kirwan, Richard, 1733-1812 | Date: 1786
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    An essay on the analysis of mineral waters / by Richard Kirwan.

    Kirwan, Richard, 1733-1812. | Date: 1799
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