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Letter, from Thomas Lyster to Dr [John] Harwood

Reference number: EL/L6/9

Date: 19 October 1705

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Concerning a hypocaust discovered in Wroxeter, Shropshire
Read to the Royal Society on 9 January 1705

Reference number
EL/L6/9
Earliest possible date
19 October 1705
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Lyster

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Thomas Lyster, Letter, from Thomas Lyster to Dr [John] Harwood, 19 October 1705, EL/L6/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_9/letter-from-thomas-lyster-to-dr-john-harwood, accessed on 03 December 2024

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