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Paper, 'An Account concerning the Tin mines in Devonshire' by Dr [Edward?] Cotton

Reference number: CLP/9i/14

Date: 1664

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Figure of mine topography in Dartmoor attached.

Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1664

Subject: Geology / Industry / Mining

Reference number
CLP/9i/14
Earliest possible date
1664
Physical description
Ink, pencil and red chalk on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
Drawing

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Edward Cotton

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Edward Cotton, Paper, 'An Account concerning the Tin mines in Devonshire' by Dr [Edward?] Cotton, 1664, CLP/9i/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_14/paper-an-account-concerning-the-tin-mines-in-devonshire-by-dr-edward-cotton, accessed on 13 February 2025

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