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Letter, 'Of the same torque' from John Collet to Richard Ossory

Reference number: L&P/3/225

Date: 02 December 1756

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Subject: Antiquities

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the peat-pit near Newbury in Berkshire; in an extract of a letter from John Collet, M. D. To the Right Reverend Richard Lord Bishop of Ossory, F. R. S'

Read 24 February 1756

Reference number
L&P/3/225
Earliest possible date
02 December 1756
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Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the same torque' from John Collet to Richard Ossory, 02 December 1756, L&P/3/225, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_225/letter-of-the-same-torque-from-john-collet-to-richard-ossory, accessed on 17 March 2025

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