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Letter, 'A petrified tree from a quarry at Portland' from Thomas Gilbert to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/246

Date: 12 September 1765

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Contains illustrations.

Subject: Botany

Read 7 February 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/246
Earliest possible date
12 September 1765
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A petrified tree from a quarry at Portland' from Thomas Gilbert to the Royal Society, 12 September 1765, L&P/4/246, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_246/letter-a-petrified-tree-from-a-quarry-at-portland-from-thomas-gilbert-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 12 December 2024

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