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Extract of a letter, from unknown author, to Robert Boyle

Reference number: EL/B1/79

Date: 01 January 1663

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Concerns growing potatoes

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EL/B1/79
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01 January 1663
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1 page
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Manuscript
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Extract of a letter, from unknown author, to Robert Boyle, 01 January 1663, EL/B1/79, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_79/extract-of-a-letter-from-unknown-author-to-robert-boyle, accessed on 10 October 2024

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