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Paper, 'Observations at Hammerfost' by Jeremiah Dixon

Reference number: L&P/5/118

Date: 1769

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Subject: Geography

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations made on the island of Hammerfost, for the Royal Society'

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L&P/5/118
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1769
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Jeremiah Dixon

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Jeremiah Dixon, Paper, 'Observations at Hammerfost' by Jeremiah Dixon, 1769, L&P/5/118, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_118/paper-observations-at-hammerfost-by-jeremiah-dixon, accessed on 13 January 2025

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