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Further account of the salt-works in Cheshire; outlines some experiments with observations of the salt; that the trials recommended were not feasible and gives reasons; will send an account about a newly found petrifying well in Lancashire when there are more details
Read to the Royal Society on 26 January 1670

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EL/M1/66
Earliest possible date
07 January 1670
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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 Rotheston in Cheshire, 07 January 1670, EL/M1/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m1_66/letter-from-adam-martindale-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-rotheston-in-cheshire, accessed on 07 August 2025

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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