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Letter, 'A continuation of 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/1/113

Date: 1742

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Subject: Geology

Read 1 July 1742.

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L&P/1/113
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1742
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18 pages
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Edward Milward

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Edward Milward, Letter, 'A continuation of 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/1/113, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_113/letter-a-continuation-of-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 04 December 2024

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