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Letter, 'Of certain rural undertakings' from Maupine to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/387

Date: 1767

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Subject: Chemistry

Read 30 April 1767

Reference number
L&P/4/387
Earliest possible date
1767
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of certain rural undertakings' from Maupine to the Royal Society, 1767, L&P/4/387, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_387/letter-of-certain-rural-undertakings-from-maupine-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 18 July 2025

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