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Letter, from Adam Martindale to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rotherston in Cheshire

Reference number: EL/M1/63

Date: 01 November 1670

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States that a rock of natural salt has been found in Cheshire which produces 'vigorous sharpe brine', but is not near a source of water
Read to the Royal Society on November 1670

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EL/M1/63
Earliest possible date
01 November 1670
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript

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Adam Martindale

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Adam Martindale, Letter, from Adam Martindale to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rotherston in Cheshire, 01 November 1670, EL/M1/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_63/letter-from-adam-martindale-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-rotherston-in-cheshire, accessed on 06 February 2025

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