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Letter, 'A high tide and bore on 21 January' from John Huxham to William Watson

Reference number: L&P/5/82

Date: 1769

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Subject: Geography

Read 16 March 1769

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L&P/5/82
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1769
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Huxham

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John Huxham, Letter, 'A high tide and bore on 21 January' from John Huxham to William Watson, 1769, L&P/5/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_82/letter-a-high-tide-and-bore-on-21-january-from-john-huxham-to-william-watson, accessed on 15 June 2025

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