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Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Underwood

Reference number: EL/C1/13

Date: 06 March 1667

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Autograph letter with details of the tide at Plymouth in January; observations of peat cut in Devon
Colepresse states that he encloses some answers to Robert Boyle's queries on mines
Read to the Royal Society on 14 March 1666

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EL/C1/13
Earliest possible date
06 March 1667
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Colepresse

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Samuel Colepresse, Letter, from Samuel Colepresse to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Underwood, 06 March 1667, EL/C1/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_13/letter-from-samuel-colepresse-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-underwood, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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