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Letter, 'Of the heat of Bath-waters' from John Howard to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/4/383

Date: 1767

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter from John Howard, Esq; F. R. S. to William Watson, M. D. F. R. S. giving some observations on the heat of the waters at Bath'

Read 2 April 1767

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L&P/4/383
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1767
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Howard

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John Howard, Letter, 'Of the heat of Bath-waters' from John Howard to William Watson, 1767, L&P/4/383, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_383/letter-of-the-heat-of-bath-waters-from-john-howard-to-william-watson, accessed on 17 April 2026

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