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Letter, 'Of a burning rock near Islamabad and of a flaming well' from John Wood to J Perry

Reference number: L&P/4/88

Date: 05 March 1761

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of a letter of Mr. John Wood, from Calcutta, to J. Perry, Esq; of Hamstead. Communicated by the Rev. W. Stukeley, M. D'

Read 7 January 1762

Reference number
L&P/4/88
Earliest possible date
05 March 1761
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a burning rock near Islamabad and of a flaming well' from John Wood to J Perry, 05 March 1761, L&P/4/88, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_88/letter-of-a-burning-rock-near-islamabad-and-of-a-flaming-well-from-john-wood-to-j-perry, accessed on 10 December 2024

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