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Letter, 'Of certain amulets of slaty coal (Kimmeridge)' from Richard Pococke to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/106

Date: 28 February 1751

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Subject: Geology

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Reference number
L&P/2/106
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28 February 1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Richard Pococke

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Richard Pococke, Letter, 'Of certain amulets of slaty coal (Kimmeridge)' from Richard Pococke to Cromwell Mortimer, 28 February 1751, L&P/2/106, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_106/letter-of-certain-amulets-of-slaty-coal-kimmeridge-from-richard-pococke-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 19 June 2025

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