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Letter, 'On copper springs in co. Wicklow' from John Bond to Peter Thompson

Reference number: L&P/2/453

Date: 15 April 1753

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter to Sir Peter Thompson knt. F. R. S. Containing experiments on the copper springs in Wicklow in Ireland, and observations thereon, by John Bond, M. D;

Read 10 May 1753

Reference number
L&P/2/453
Earliest possible date
15 April 1753
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'On copper springs in co. Wicklow' from John Bond to Peter Thompson, 15 April 1753, L&P/2/453, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_453/letter-on-copper-springs-in-co-wicklow-from-john-bond-to-peter-thompson, accessed on 29 April 2025

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