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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

Reference number
EL/B2/78
Earliest possible date
12 October 1714
Page extent
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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