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Letter, 'A memoir as to the solvent properties of an E. Indian plant' from Michael Bermingham to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/28a

Date: 01 September 1748

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Subject: Botany

Read 25 January 1749

Reference number
L&P/2/28a
Earliest possible date
01 September 1748
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A memoir as to the solvent properties of an E. Indian plant' from Michael Bermingham to Martin Folkes, 01 September 1748, L&P/2/28a, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_28a/letter-a-memoir-as-to-the-solvent-properties-of-an-e-indian-plant-from-michael-bermingham-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 20 January 2026

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