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Letter, 'Of certain ferruginous stones 'Granadoes Terrelles'' from Benjamin Cook to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/1/178

Date: 04 October 1742

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Subject: Geology

Read 24 March 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/178
Earliest possible date
04 October 1742
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Benjamin Cooke

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Benjamin Cooke, Letter, 'Of certain ferruginous stones 'Granadoes Terrelles'' from Benjamin Cook to Peter Collinson, 04 October 1742, L&P/1/178, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_178/letter-of-certain-ferruginous-stones-granadoes-terrelles-from-benjamin-cook-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 30 April 2025

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