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Letter, from Thomas Graile to Robert Plot, dated at Lassington

Reference number: EL/G1/40

Date: 01 January 1685

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Discussing different stones that he has found in Lassington, Gloucestershire, in particular one stone which moves in vinegar
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1686

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EL/G1/40
Earliest possible date
01 January 1685
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Thomas Graile

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Thomas Graile, Letter, from Thomas Graile to Robert Plot, dated at Lassington, 01 January 1685, EL/G1/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_40/letter-from-thomas-graile-to-robert-plot-dated-at-lassington, accessed on 13 May 2025

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