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Letter, from Metredone Speed to William Brouncker, dated at Bristol

Reference number: EL/S1/94

Date: 20 September 1667

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Sends Dr Martin's extractions of mineral water and the preparation of steel to make water medicinal; provides method of extraction
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November 1667

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EL/S1/94
Earliest possible date
20 September 1667
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Metredone Speed

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Metredone Speed, Letter, from Metredone Speed to William Brouncker, dated at Bristol, 20 September 1667, EL/S1/94, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s1_94/letter-from-metredone-speed-to-william-brouncker-dated-at-bristol, accessed on 09 February 2025

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