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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

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
Physical description
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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