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Paper, 'An embalmed human heart found within a pillar in the parish church of Sandbach, Cambs, four feet from the floor' by Robert Masters

Reference number: L&P/3/382

Date: 26 March 1759

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Subject: Archaeology

Read 3 May 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/382
Earliest possible date
26 March 1759
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An embalmed human heart found within a pillar in the parish church of Sandbach, Cambs, four feet from the floor' by Robert Masters, 26 March 1759, L&P/3/382, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_382/paper-an-embalmed-human-heart-found-within-a-pillar-in-the-parish-church-of-sandbach-cambs-four-feet-from-the-floor-by-robert-masters, accessed on 13 October 2026

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