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Letter, 'Of the copper springs in Wicklow' from William Henry to Lord Cadogan

Reference number: L&P/2/314

Date: 18 April 1752

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from the Rev. William Henry, D. D. to the Right Honourable the Lord Cadogan, F. R. S. concerning the copper-springs in the county of Wicklow in Ireland'

Read 8 June 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/314
Earliest possible date
18 April 1752
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the copper springs in Wicklow' from William Henry to Lord Cadogan, 18 April 1752, L&P/2/314, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_314/letter-of-the-copper-springs-in-wicklow-from-william-henry-to-lord-cadogan, accessed on 24 March 2025

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