Letter, 'A piece of wood which had resisted the pernicious action of salt-water worms' from John Senhouse to John Henry Maty
Reference number: L&P/7/175
Date: 16 October 1780
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Subject: Chemistry
Read 7 December 1780
- Reference number
- L&P/7/175
- Earliest possible date
- 16 October 1780
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 3 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'A piece of wood which had resisted the pernicious action of salt-water worms' from John Senhouse to John Henry Maty, 16 October 1780, L&P/7/175, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_175/letter-a-piece-of-wood-which-had-resisted-the-pernicious-action-of-salt-water-worms-from-john-senhouse-to-john-henry-maty, accessed on 12 May 2026
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Decade 7 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1778-1782 Reference number: L&P/7
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Paul Henry Maty
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