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Memorandum, 'Da Costa presents a small bottle made of 'caoutchouc'; Duane present twenty five fossils [minerals] from Sheffield'

Reference number: L&P/4/223

Date: 1764

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Subject: Geology

Read 7 June 1764

Reference number
L&P/4/223
Earliest possible date
1764
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Memorandum, 'Da Costa presents a small bottle made of 'caoutchouc'; Duane present twenty five fossils [minerals] from Sheffield', 1764, L&P/4/223, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_223/memorandum-da-costa-presents-a-small-bottle-made-of-caoutchouc-duane-present-twenty-five-fossils-minerals-from-sheffield, accessed on 15 May 2025

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