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Letter, 'Of petrifactions' from John Tuberville Needham to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/167

Date: 1742

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Subject: Geology

Read 24 February 1742

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L&P/1/167
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1742
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Turberville Needham

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John Turberville Needham, Letter, 'Of petrifactions' from John Tuberville Needham to James Parsons, 1742, L&P/1/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_167/letter-of-petrifactions-from-john-tuberville-needham-to-james-parsons, accessed on 20 September 2024

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