Letter, 'Of native tin' from William Borlase to Edward Mendez da Costa
Reference number: L&P/4/306
Date: 12 December 1765
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Subject: Metallurgy
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract from two letters, dated December 7th and 12th, 1765, from the Rev. Mr. William Borlase, of Ludgvan, in Cornwall, F. R. S. to Emanuel Mendes da Costa, Librarian, &c. to the Royal Society'
Read 5 March 1766
- Reference number
- L&P/4/306
- Earliest possible date
- 12 December 1765
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 5 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Borlase, Letter, 'Of native tin' from William Borlase to Edward Mendez da Costa, 12 December 1765, L&P/4/306, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_306/letter-of-native-tin-from-william-borlase-to-edward-mendez-da-costa, accessed on 23 January 2025
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