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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a remarkable decrease of the River Eden, in Cumberland: In a letter to Charles Lord Bishop of Carlisle, F. R. S. from William Milbourne, Esq;'

Read 27 January 1763

Reference number
L&P/4/135
Earliest possible date
04 December 1762
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Remarkable decrease of the river Eden' from William Milbourne to George Parker, 04 December 1762, L&P/4/135, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_135/letter-remarkable-decrease-of-the-river-eden-from-william-milbourne-to-george-parker, accessed on 18 February 2025

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