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Paper, 'On the temple of Serpais at Pozzuoli near Naples' by John Nixon

Reference number: L&P/3/229

Date: 14 March 1757

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Subject: Archaeology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli in the Kingdom of Naples: In a letter to John Ward, LL. D. and R. S. Vice-Præs. by the Rev. John Nixon, M. A. F. R. S'

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L&P/3/229
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14 March 1757
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Ink on paper
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25 pages
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Manuscript

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John Nixon

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John Nixon, Paper, 'On the temple of Serpais at Pozzuoli near Naples' by John Nixon, 14 March 1757, L&P/3/229, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_229/paper-on-the-temple-of-serpais-at-pozzuoli-near-naples-by-john-nixon, accessed on 21 January 2025

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