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Letter, 'A leak in a ship stopped with rice' from William Hay to Samuel Jolly

Reference number: L&P/11/147

Date: 09 January 1800

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Subject: Curiosities

Read 9 January 1801

Reference number
L&P/11/147
Earliest possible date
09 January 1800
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'A leak in a ship stopped with rice' from William Hay to Samuel Jolly, 09 January 1800, L&P/11/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_11_147/letter-a-leak-in-a-ship-stopped-with-rice-from-william-hay-to-samuel-jolly, accessed on 19 July 2025

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