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Letters, 'On a specimen of native tin' from Henry Rosevarne and William Borlase to Charles Morton

Reference number: L&P/5/76

Date: 27 January 1769

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Subject: Metallurgy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Letters from the Rev. Dr. William Borlase, F. R. S. Rector of Ludgvan in Cornwall, to Charles Morton, M.D. F. R. S. and from Mr. Rosewarne, of Truro, to Dr. Borlase; giving an account of a specimen of native tin found in Cornwall, and now deposited in the Museum of the Royal Society'

Read 16 February 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/76
Earliest possible date
27 January 1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Borlase

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William Borlase, Letters, 'On a specimen of native tin' from Henry Rosevarne and William Borlase to Charles Morton, 27 January 1769, L&P/5/76, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_76/letters-on-a-specimen-of-native-tin-from-henry-rosevarne-and-william-borlase-to-charles-morton, accessed on 15 March 2026

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