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Letter, from Nehemiah Grew to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Coventry

Reference number: EL/G1/33

Date: 12 March 1671

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Observations of the nature of snow, which are compared to configurations of salts and icicles of urine
Read to the Royal Society on 4 April 1672
Partially printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 8, no 92, p 5193

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EL/G1/33
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12 March 1671
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6 pages
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Manuscript

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Nehemiah Grew

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Nehemiah Grew, Letter, from Nehemiah Grew to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Coventry, 12 March 1671, EL/G1/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_33/letter-from-nehemiah-grew-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-coventry, accessed on 19 May 2025

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