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Letter, 'Covering letter to 'An account of experiments to ascertain the specific gravity, thickness of strata of coal in the Whitehaven district'' from Richard Watson Leandaff to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/10/116

Date: 11 October 1794

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Subject: Geology

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Reference number
L&P/10/116
Earliest possible date
11 October 1794
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Covering letter to 'An account of experiments to ascertain the specific gravity, thickness of strata of coal in the Whitehaven district'' from Richard Watson Leandaff to the Royal Society, 11 October 1794, L&P/10/116, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_116/letter-covering-letter-to-an-account-of-experiments-to-ascertain-the-specific-gravity-thickness-of-strata-of-coal-in-the-whitehaven-district-from-richard-watson-leandaff-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 22 April 2025

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