Letter, from Robert Reading [to the Royal Society]
Reference number: EL/R1/47
Date: 13 October 1688

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Observations of pearl-fishing in a river near Omagh in County Tyrone in northern Ireland
Details about the rivers, size and weight of pearls found
Read to the Royal Society on 23 January 1688
- Reference number
- EL/R1/47
- Earliest possible date
- 13 October 1688
- Page extent
- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Reading, Letter, from Robert Reading [to the Royal Society], 13 October 1688, EL/R1/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_47/letter-from-robert-reading-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 17 February 2025
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