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Extract of a letter, from John Reynolds to John Madden

Reference number: EL/R1/51

Date: 15 February 1694

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Details about mountain erosion into Lough Scur (county Leitrim?) in 1691; re-counting Thomas Butler's account of erosion of Mount Garriduff between Carlow and Wexford in 1693 following days of rain

Reference number
EL/R1/51
Earliest possible date
15 February 1694
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
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John Reynolds

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John Reynolds, Extract of a letter, from John Reynolds to John Madden, 15 February 1694, EL/R1/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_51/extract-of-a-letter-from-john-reynolds-to-john-madden, accessed on 24 January 2025

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