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Letter, 'Appearance of the soil in opening a well at Hanby, Lincolnshire' from Henry Charles Englefield to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/7/199

Date: 1781

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Account of the appearance of the soil at opening a well at Hanby in Lincolnshire. In a letter from Sir Henry C. Englefield, Bart. F. R. and A. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 3 May 1781

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L&P/7/199
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1781
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4 pages
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Henry Charles Englefield

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Henry Charles Englefield, Letter, 'Appearance of the soil in opening a well at Hanby, Lincolnshire' from Henry Charles Englefield to Joseph Banks, 1781, L&P/7/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_199/letter-appearance-of-the-soil-in-opening-a-well-at-hanby-lincolnshire-from-henry-charles-englefield-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 14 July 2026

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