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'An account of the Experiment tried upon a Dog with Laurel Water in the presence of Several members of the Royal Society in their Repository upon Thursday October 20 1731 by Cromwell Mortimer'

Reference number: RBO/16/39

Date: 1731

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Read to the Royal Society on 4 November 1731

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RBO/16/39
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1731
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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'An account of the Experiment tried upon a Dog with Laurel Water in the presence of Several members of the Royal Society in their Repository upon Thursday October 20 1731 by Cromwell Mortimer', 1731, RBO/16/39, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_16_39/an-account-of-the-experiment-tried-upon-a-dog-with-laurel-water-in-the-presence-of-several-members-of-the-royal-society-in-their-repository-upon-thursday-october-20-1731-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 06 February 2025

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