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Paper, 'Of Pen Park Hole, a cavern four miles from Bristol' by George Catcott

Reference number: L&P/6/218

Date: 20 March 1775

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/6/218
Earliest possible date
20 March 1775
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Ink on paper
Page extent
16 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of Pen Park Hole, a cavern four miles from Bristol' by George Catcott, 20 March 1775, L&P/6/218, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_218/paper-of-pen-park-hole-a-cavern-four-miles-from-bristol-by-george-catcott, accessed on 20 June 2025

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