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'An account of a Ball taken out of the Maw of an Ox'

Reference number: RBO/14/122

Date: 1730

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Ball sent to the Society by Mrs Moyle widow of the late Walter Moyle of Bake in Cornwall which was taken from the ox in February 1729
Read to the Royal Society on 21 May 1730

Reference number
RBO/14/122
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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'An account of a Ball taken out of the Maw of an Ox', 1730, RBO/14/122, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_122/an-account-of-a-ball-taken-out-of-the-maw-of-an-ox, accessed on 14 January 2026

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