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Paper, 'Supplement to his paper on the measurement of trees, published 1759' by Robert Marsham

Reference number: L&P/11/12

Date: 29 May 1796

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Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A supplement to the measures of trees, printed in the Philosophical Transactions for 1759'

Read 22 December 1796

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L&P/11/12
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29 May 1796
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Marsham

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Robert Marsham, Paper, 'Supplement to his paper on the measurement of trees, published 1759' by Robert Marsham, 29 May 1796, L&P/11/12, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_12/paper-supplement-to-his-paper-on-the-measurement-of-trees-published-1759-by-robert-marsham, accessed on 10 July 2026

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