Letter, 'Of certain clay nodules' from Joshua Platt to Peter Collinson

Reference number: L&P/2/175

Date: 1750

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Contains two figures.

Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A Letter from Mr. Joseph Platt to Mr. Peter Collinfon F. R. S. concerning a flat spheroidal stone having lines crossing it'

Read 8 November 1750

Reference number: L&P/2/175
Earliest possible date: 1750
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 4 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Joshua Platt

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Joshua Platt, Letter, 'Of certain clay nodules' from Joshua Platt to Peter Collinson, 1750, L&P/2/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_175/letter-of-certain-clay-nodules-from-joshua-platt-to-peter-collinson, accessed on 14 June 2026

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III. A Letter from Mr. Joseph Platt to Mr. Peter Collinfon F. R. S. concerning a flat spheroidal stone having lines crossing it External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1750

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1749.0101

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 2 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1749-1755 Reference number: L&P/2

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Joshua Platt
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Peter Collinson
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