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Letter, 'Description of a cavern near Plymouth' from John Corham Huxham to Samuel Horsley

Reference number: L&P/6/51

Date: 05 March 1774

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/6/51
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05 March 1774
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Corham Huxham

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John Corham Huxham, Letter, 'Description of a cavern near Plymouth' from John Corham Huxham to Samuel Horsley, 05 March 1774, L&P/6/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_51/letter-description-of-a-cavern-near-plymouth-from-john-corham-huxham-to-samuel-horsley, accessed on 02 December 2024

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