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Letter, 'Of a hard vein (quartz) in Pelletstown, Ireland' from Thomas Wilkes to

Reference number: L&P/5/258

Date: 28 October 1771

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Subject: Geology

Read 21 November 1771

Reference number
L&P/5/258
Earliest possible date
28 October 1771
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a hard vein (quartz) in Pelletstown, Ireland' from Thomas Wilkes to, 28 October 1771, L&P/5/258, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_258/letter-of-a-hard-vein-quartz-in-pelletstown-ireland-from-thomas-wilkes-to, accessed on 13 September 2026

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