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Moray describes an unusual red, tasteless scum found covering the top of a spring in Chertsey in Surrey.

Subject: Hydrology

Reference number
CLP/6/13
Earliest possible date
22 July 1663
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Robert Moray

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Robert Moray, Paper, regarding details of an unusual spring in Chertsey in Surrey [England] by Robert Moray, 22 July 1663, CLP/6/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_6_13/paper-regarding-details-of-an-unusual-spring-in-chertsey-in-surrey-england-by-robert-moray, accessed on 14 February 2026

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