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Paper, 'Of some small crystal stones' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/1/407

Date: 1745

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Contains small engraving.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of certain perfect minute crystal stones'

Read 27 June 1745

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L&P/1/407
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1745
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Parsons

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James Parsons, Paper, 'Of some small crystal stones' by James Parsons, 1745, L&P/1/407, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_407/paper-of-some-small-crystal-stones-by-james-parsons, accessed on 21 March 2025

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