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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'

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Reference number
L&P/4/306
Earliest possible date
12 December 1765
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Borlase

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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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