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Paper, 'A curious fossil from a Yorkshire coalpit' by Richard Pococke

Reference number: L&P/2/567

Date: 1754

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Subject: Archaeology

Read 6 February 1755

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L&P/2/567
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1754
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Richard Pococke

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Richard Pococke, Paper, 'A curious fossil from a Yorkshire coalpit' by Richard Pococke, 1754, L&P/2/567, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_567/paper-a-curious-fossil-from-a-yorkshire-coalpit-by-richard-pococke, accessed on 15 January 2025

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