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Paper, 'Of a species of lead ore recently discovered in Derbyshire' by Smithson Tennant

Reference number: L&P/8/120

Date: 1784

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Subject: Geology

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L&P/8/120
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1784
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Smithson Tennant

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Smithson Tennant, Paper, 'Of a species of lead ore recently discovered in Derbyshire' by Smithson Tennant, 1784, L&P/8/120, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_8_120/paper-of-a-species-of-lead-ore-recently-discovered-in-derbyshire-by-smithson-tennant, accessed on 17 January 2026

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