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Letter regarding Brotherton's observations of a resident of Crowley boring for rock salt in his back garden. Brotherton describes the composition of the earth in the area.

Subject: Geology

Read to the Royal Society on 29 November 1699

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CLP/9i/55
Earliest possible date
14 September 1699
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Account of boreing for rock salt, at Crowley in Cheshire' from Thomas Brotherton to Hans Sloane, 14 September 1699, CLP/9i/55, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_9i_55/letter-account-of-boreing-for-rock-salt-at-crowley-in-cheshire-from-thomas-brotherton-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 13 October 2024

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