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'An account of the Petrifying Qualities of Lough Neagh' in Northern Ireland by Patrick Dougan

Reference number: RBO/15/20

Date: 1730

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Original letter dated 9 November 1730 at Armagh
Read to the Royal Society on 19 November 1730

Reference number
RBO/15/20
Earliest possible date
1730
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An account of the Petrifying Qualities of Lough Neagh' in Northern Ireland by Patrick Dougan, 1730, RBO/15/20, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_15_20/an-account-of-the-petrifying-qualities-of-lough-neagh-in-northern-ireland-by-patrick-dougan, accessed on 24 January 2026

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