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Letter, 'Of a double pear of the Carnelian kind' from Samuel Gruwy to John Machin

Reference number: L&P/1/147

Date: 20 January 1742

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Subject: Geology

Read 20 January 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/147
Earliest possible date
20 January 1742
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a double pear of the Carnelian kind' from Samuel Gruwy to John Machin, 20 January 1742, L&P/1/147, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_147/letter-of-a-double-pear-of-the-carnelian-kind-from-samuel-gruwy-to-john-machin, accessed on 14 December 2024

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