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Subject: Geology

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Reference number
L&P/9/177
Earliest possible date
1790
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
47 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Observations and conjectures on the state, motion and phenomena of heat in the earth' by Samuel Williams, 1790, L&P/9/177, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_177/paper-observations-and-conjectures-on-the-state-motion-and-phenomena-of-heat-in-the-earth-by-samuel-williams, accessed on 20 June 2025

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