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Letter, from J[ohn] Sturdy [to the Royal Society], dated at Thurnham

Reference number: EL/S1/131

Date: 25 September 1675

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Sends the promised parcels of iron bar; account of the furnace where the ore is melted down

Reference number
EL/S1/131
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25 September 1675
Page extent
1 page
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Manuscript
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John Sturdy

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John Sturdy, Letter, from J[ohn] Sturdy [to the Royal Society], dated at Thurnham, 25 September 1675, EL/S1/131, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_131/letter-from-john-sturdy-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-thurnham, accessed on 09 February 2025

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