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Letter, 'An Abstract of Dr Meighan's treatise of the natures and powers of Bareges's baths and waters; With an enquiry into the cause of the heat of the thermal waters in general' from Edward Milward to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/106

Date: 1742

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Subject: Geology

Read 24 June 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/106
Earliest possible date
1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
18 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Milward

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Edward Milward, Letter, 'An Abstract of Dr Meighan's treatise of the natures and powers of Bareges's baths and waters; With an enquiry into the cause of the heat of the thermal waters in general' from Edward Milward to Martin Folkes, 1742, L&P/1/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_106/letter-an-abstract-of-dr-meighans-treatise-of-the-natures-and-powers-of-baregess-baths-and-waters-with-an-enquiry-into-the-cause-of-the-heat-of-the-thermal-waters-in-general-from-edward-milward-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 20 June 2025

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