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Subejct: Geology

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Reference number
L&P/10/118
Earliest possible date
1794
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of experiments to ascertain the specific gravity, thickness of strata of coal in the Whitehaven district' by John Bateman, 1794, L&P/10/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_10_118/paper-an-account-of-experiments-to-ascertain-the-specific-gravity-thickness-of-strata-of-coal-in-the-whitehaven-district-by-john-bateman, accessed on 24 April 2025

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