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Letter, 'Of mines and minerals' from Nicolas de Himsel to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/3/316

Date: 20 September 1757

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'De rariori quadam Orthoceratitis specie, in Suecia reperta, tractatus: in literis a Nicholao de Himsel, M. D. Riga Livono, ad Gul. Watson, M. D. R. SS'

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L&P/3/316
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20 September 1757
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Nicolaus de Himsel

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Nicolaus de Himsel, Letter, 'Of mines and minerals' from Nicolas de Himsel to William Watson, 20 September 1757, L&P/3/316, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_316/letter-of-mines-and-minerals-from-nicolas-de-himsel-to-william-watson, accessed on 11 December 2024

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