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Letter, 'Of a subterrenean cavern near Stonehouse' from Francis Geach to George Edgcumbe

Reference number: L&P/6/143

Date: 06 June 1775

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/6/143
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06 June 1775
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Geach

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Francis Geach, Letter, 'Of a subterrenean cavern near Stonehouse' from Francis Geach to George Edgcumbe, 06 June 1775, L&P/6/143, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_143/letter-of-a-subterrenean-cavern-near-stonehouse-from-francis-geach-to-george-edgcumbe, accessed on 24 June 2025

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