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Letter, from Mr [Benjamin] Holloway to Dr [John] Woodward

Reference number: EL/H3/94

Date: 19 February 1713

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Account of a pond between Cambridge and Saffron Walden which was filled with deep-red-coloured water
Read to the Royal Society on 13 May 1714

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EL/H3/94
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19 February 1713
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Benjamin Holloway

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Benjamin Holloway, Letter, from Mr [Benjamin] Holloway to Dr [John] Woodward, 19 February 1713, EL/H3/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_94/letter-from-mr-benjamin-holloway-to-dr-john-woodward, accessed on 04 November 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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