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Letter, from Benjamin Holloway to John Woodward, dated at Bedford

Reference number: EL/H3/111

Date: 06 July 1723

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Account about fuller's earth (a type of clay used in fulling cloth and as an absorbent) found in pits at Wavendon near Woburn, Bedfordshire
Read to the Royal Society on 21 November 1723

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EL/H3/111
Earliest possible date
06 July 1723
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Holloway

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Benjamin Holloway, Letter, from Benjamin Holloway to John Woodward, dated at Bedford, 06 July 1723, EL/H3/111, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_111/letter-from-benjamin-holloway-to-john-woodward-dated-at-bedford, accessed on 16 September 2024

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