Letter, from J B, physician to Thomas Boner, dated at Edinburgh
Reference number: EL/B2/78
Date: 12 October 1714
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Initialled letter with observations about a basin near Edinburgh which had dried up because of a hot summer
Correspondent sent a sample from the basin which is attached
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1714
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- EL/B2/78
- Earliest possible date
- 12 October 1714
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- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, from J B, physician to Thomas Boner, dated at Edinburgh, 12 October 1714, EL/B2/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_78/letter-from-j-b-physician-to-thomas-boner-dated-at-edinburgh, accessed on 17 March 2026
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