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Paper, 'Some observations concerning the texture and similar parts of the body of tree, which may holde also in shrubs and other woody plants' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard

Reference number: CLP/10i/1

Date: 1660

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Paper by Goddard regarding tree rings and the structure and texture of wood throughout the tree.

Subject: Botany

Read to the Royal Society on 23 January 1660.

Reference number
CLP/10i/1
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1660
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Jonathan Goddard

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Jonathan Goddard, Paper, 'Some observations concerning the texture and similar parts of the body of tree, which may holde also in shrubs and other woody plants' by Dr [Jonathan] Goddard, 1660, CLP/10i/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_1/paper-some-observations-concerning-the-texture-and-similar-parts-of-the-body-of-tree-which-may-holde-also-in-shrubs-and-other-woody-plants-by-dr-jonathan-goddard, accessed on 22 March 2025

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