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Letter, 'Of Malvern water' by J Wall to Charles Lyttelton

Reference number: L&P/3/205

Date: 22 December 1756

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as'Extract of a letter of J. Wall, M. D. to the Rev. Dr. Lyttelton, Dean of Exe­ter, and F. R. S. concerning the good effects of Malverne waters in Worcestershire'

Read 20 January 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/205
Earliest possible date
22 December 1756
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of Malvern water' by J Wall to Charles Lyttelton, 22 December 1756, L&P/3/205, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_205/letter-of-malvern-water-by-j-wall-to-charles-lyttelton, accessed on 18 March 2025

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