Letter, from Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane, dated at Bath
Reference number: EL/S2/36
Date: 15 June 1713
Description
Concerning a flame from a vent in the ground near Bridgenorth in Shropshire - also gas produced from vent ignites a candle; concerning the curative effects of the spa waters at Bath
Read to the Royal Society on 25 June 1713
- Reference number
- EL/S2/36
- Earliest possible date
- 15 June 1713
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Frederick Slare
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Frederick Slare, Frederick Slare, Letter, from Frederick Slare to Hans Sloane, dated at Bath, 15 June 1713, EL/S2/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_36/letter-from-frederick-slare-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-bath, accessed on 10 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
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Hans Sloane
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Frederick Slare
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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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