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Account of two uncommon mineral substances found in coal mines in Derbyshire as it was given by Francis Jessop to Martin Lister

Reference number: EL/I1/169

Date: 7 January 1674

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Concerning 'Fungus subterraneous' from Castleton and a white liquor resembling cream which was found at the bottom of a coal pit
Read to the Royal Society on 22 January 1673

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EL/I1/169
Earliest possible date
7 January 1674
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Jessop

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Francis Jessop, Account of two uncommon mineral substances found in coal mines in Derbyshire as it was given by Francis Jessop to Martin Lister, 7 January 1674, EL/I1/169, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_169/account-of-two-uncommon-mineral-substances-found-in-coal-mines-in-derbyshire-as-it-was-given-by-francis-jessop-to-martin-lister, accessed on 16 July 2025

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