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Letter, 'Of a piece of slate' from John Huxham to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/211

Date: 19 May 1751

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Subject: Geology

Read 6 June 1751

Reference number
L&P/2/211
Earliest possible date
19 May 1751
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Letter, 'Of a piece of slate' from John Huxham to Cromwell Mortimer, 19 May 1751, L&P/2/211, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_211/letter-of-a-piece-of-slate-from-john-huxham-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 12 July 2026

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