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Subject: Geology

Read 25 February 1741

Reference number
L&P/1/57
Earliest possible date
1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of petrifaction' by Charles Perry, 1741, L&P/1/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_57/paper-of-petrifaction-by-charles-perry, accessed on 13 November 2024

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    Dates: 1741-1806

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