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Letter, 'Of the use of furze in fencing' from David Wark to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/32

Date: 13 December 1760

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the use of furze in fencing the banks of rivers: In a letter to the Reverend Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. from the Reverend Mr. David Wark'

Read 8 January 1761

Reference number
L&P/4/32
Earliest possible date
13 December 1760
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the use of furze in fencing' from David Wark to Thomas Birch, 13 December 1760, L&P/4/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_32/letter-of-the-use-of-furze-in-fencing-from-david-wark-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 09 December 2024

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