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Letters, 'Of a large stone near Cape Town' from William Anderson and William Hamilton to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/7/5

Date: 24 July 1777

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of a large stone near Cape Town. In a letter from Mr. Anderson to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S.; with a letter from Sir William Hamilton, K. B. F. R. S. to Sir John Pringle, on having seen pieces of the said stone'

Read 15 January 1778

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L&P/7/5
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24 July 1777
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Ink on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Hamilton

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William Hamilton, Letters, 'Of a large stone near Cape Town' from William Anderson and William Hamilton to John Pringle, 24 July 1777, L&P/7/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_5/letters-of-a-large-stone-near-cape-town-from-william-anderson-and-william-hamilton-to-john-pringle, accessed on 06 September 2026

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