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Letter and pamphlet, 'Of a tepid spring of curative water lately discovered at Pozzuoli near Naples on the seashore' from John Greene to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/268

Date: 14 July 1739

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Includes printed pamphlet in Italian.

Subject: Hydrology

Read 15 March 1743

Reference number
L&P/1/268
Earliest possible date
14 July 1739
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Typescript
Manuscript

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Letter and pamphlet, 'Of a tepid spring of curative water lately discovered at Pozzuoli near Naples on the seashore' from John Greene to the Royal Society, 14 July 1739, L&P/1/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_268/letter-and-pamphlet-of-a-tepid-spring-of-curative-water-lately-discovered-at-pozzuoli-near-naples-on-the-seashore-from-john-greene-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 September 2024

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