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Letter, 'Of the absurd way of making salt from brine in Cheshire and Staffs' from Thomas Lowndes to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/284

Date: 03 May 1744

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Subject: Geology

Read 3 May 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/284
Earliest possible date
03 May 1744
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the absurd way of making salt from brine in Cheshire and Staffs' from Thomas Lowndes to the President of the Royal Society, 03 May 1744, L&P/1/284, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_284/letter-of-the-absurd-way-of-making-salt-from-brine-in-cheshire-and-staffs-from-thomas-lowndes-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 24 March 2025

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