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Extract of a letter, from Mr [Michael] Butterfield to Martin Lister, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/B2/48

Date: 07 September 1698

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Observations of black sand believed to be lodestone (magnetic oxide of iron) or powder of lodestone

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EL/B2/48
Earliest possible date
07 September 1698
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Michael Butterfield

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Michael Butterfield, Extract of a letter, from Mr [Michael] Butterfield to Martin Lister, dated at Paris, 07 September 1698, EL/B2/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_48/extract-of-a-letter-from-mr-michael-butterfield-to-martin-lister-dated-at-paris, accessed on 05 December 2024

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