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Concerning black spring water from Wiltshire which was being bottled for the Royal Society; concerning a description of the area around Bagleywood, Berkshire and particularly about a spring there; concerning a spring at Wottongate, Oxofordshire

Subject: Hydrology

Reference number
EL/A/45
Earliest possible date
31 August 1695
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Aubrey

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John Aubrey, Letter, from John Aubrey to Edmond Halley, dated at London, 31 August 1695, EL/A/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_45/letter-from-john-aubrey-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-london, accessed on 11 July 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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