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Three principles about trees regarding the movement of sap and the growth of trees in relation to tree thickness.

Subject: Botany

Read to the Royal Society on 11 May 1687.

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CLP/10i/26
Earliest possible date
1687
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Three principles held concerning the vegetation of trees' by Mr Brotherton, 1687, CLP/10i/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_26/paper-three-principles-held-concerning-the-vegetation-of-trees-by-mr-brotherton, accessed on 27 April 2025

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