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Paper, 'An account of the discovery of a mass of native iron in Brasil [Brazil]' by A F [Aristides Franklin] Mornay in a letter to Wm [William] H [Hyde] Wollaston

Reference number: PT/10/15

Date: 27 April 1816

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Illustrations for this paper have been separated from the manuscript and are found at PT/73/5/12.

Subject: Mineralogy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the discovery of a mass of native iron in Brasil. By A. F. Mornay, Esq. in a letter to W. H. Wollaston, M. D. Sec. R. S'.

Written by Mornay in London. Read 16 May 1816.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 2, 1833.

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PT/10/15
Earliest possible date
27 April 1816
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Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the discovery of a mass of native iron in Brasil [Brazil]' by A F [Aristides Franklin] Mornay in a letter to Wm [William] H [Hyde] Wollaston, 27 April 1816, PT/10/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_10_15/paper-an-account-of-the-discovery-of-a-mass-of-native-iron-in-brasil-brazil-by-a-f-aristides-franklin-mornay-in-a-letter-to-wm-william-h-hyde-wollaston, accessed on 14 July 2026

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