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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Thomas Wright to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/W3/29

Date: 06 July 1668

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Account of moving sands in Suffolk
Read to the Royal Society on 9 July 1668

Reference number
EL/W3/29
Earliest possible date
06 July 1668
Physical description
Ink is faint
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Thomas Wright

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Thomas Wright, Letter, from Thomas Wright to Henry Oldenburg, 06 July 1668, EL/W3/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_29/letter-from-thomas-wright-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 14 December 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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