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Letter, 'Observations on the growth of trees' from Robert Marsham to Stephen Hales

Reference number: L&P/3/349

Date: 18 July 1758

Description

Contains tables.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations on the growth of trees : by Robert Marsham, of Stratton in Norfolk, Esq; communicated by the Rev. Steph. Hales, D. D. F. R. S'

Read 11 January 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/349
Earliest possible date
18 July 1758
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Observations on the growth of trees' from Robert Marsham to Stephen Hales, 18 July 1758, L&P/3/349, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_349/letter-observations-on-the-growth-of-trees-from-robert-marsham-to-stephen-hales, accessed on 25 April 2025

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