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Letter, from Thomas Molyneux to Martin Lister, dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/M1/105

Date: 25 March 1698

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Account of the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, compiled from observations of various people - that Molyneux hoped to visit the Giant's Causeway himself - wishes to correct errors in a publication of a paper by Samuel Foley in 'Philosophical Transactions' (vol 18, no 212, p 170); that Mr Sandys, a 'Master in Designing and Drawing of Prospects' to make a drawing of the causeway and surrounding area - list of figures and explanations are given; concerning other areas where there are similar columns of stone in Northern Ireland eg called the Looms and near Dunluce; details about the stone of the Causeway
Figures of columns are attached

Read to the Royal Society on 29 June 1698

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EL/M1/105
Earliest possible date
25 March 1698
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17 pages
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Manuscript
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Thomas Molyneux

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Thomas Molyneux, Letter, from Thomas Molyneux to Martin Lister, dated at Dublin, 25 March 1698, EL/M1/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_105/letter-from-thomas-molyneux-to-martin-lister-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 12 October 2024

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