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Letter, 'Concerning his salt' from Thomas Lowndes to the President of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/303

Date: 12 June 1744

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Subject: Geology

Read 14 June 1744.

Reference number
L&P/1/303
Earliest possible date
12 June 1744
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning his salt' from Thomas Lowndes to the President of the Royal Society, 12 June 1744, L&P/1/303, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_303/letter-concerning-his-salt-from-thomas-lowndes-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 13 October 2024

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