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Letter, 'On the analysis of a mineral substance from New South Wales' from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Banks

Reference number: L&P/9/167

Date: 12 March 1790

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Subject: Geology

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'On the analysis of a mineral substance from New South Wales. In a letter from Josiah Wedgwood, Esq. F. R. S. and A. S. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. P. R. S'

Read 15 April 1790

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L&P/9/167
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12 March 1790
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18 pages
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Josiah Wedgwood

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Josiah Wedgwood, Letter, 'On the analysis of a mineral substance from New South Wales' from Josiah Wedgwood to Joseph Banks, 12 March 1790, L&P/9/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_167/letter-on-the-analysis-of-a-mineral-substance-from-new-south-wales-from-josiah-wedgwood-to-joseph-banks, accessed on 10 December 2024

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