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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Giles Pooley to Robert Southwell

Reference number: EL/P1/87

Date: 25 October 1684

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Account of digging and preparing 'Lapis Cataminaris'
Read to the Royal Society on 5 April 1693

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EL/P1/87
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25 October 1684
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Giles Pooley

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Giles Pooley, Letter, from Giles Pooley to Robert Southwell, 25 October 1684, EL/P1/87, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_87/letter-from-giles-pooley-to-robert-southwell, accessed on 14 November 2025

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