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Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/151

Date: 01 January 1673

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Brown discusses stones from Iceland and about the natural sulphur in the earth found there

Reference number
EL/B1/151
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01 January 1673
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Edward Brown

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Edward Brown, Letter, from Edward Brown to Henry Oldenburg, 01 January 1673, EL/B1/151, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_151/letter-from-edward-brown-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 04 December 2023

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