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Letter, from William Cole to Robert Southwell, dated at Bradfield dated at Bradfield

Reference number: EL/C2/18

Date: 14 July 1693

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Cole discusses his observations about the changes in scarabs, about figured stones in large beds on the bank of the Avon, concerning oyster shells and cockle shells, and concerning a cuckoo's egg in a sparrow's nest
Read to the Royal Society on 19 July 1693

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EL/C2/18
Earliest possible date
14 July 1693
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3 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

William Cole

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William Cole, Letter, from William Cole to Robert Southwell, dated at Bradfield dated at Bradfield, 14 July 1693, EL/C2/18, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_18/letter-from-william-cole-to-robert-southwell-dated-at-bradfield-dated-at-bradfield, accessed on 09 December 2024

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