'An Accompt of the ground of a Waterpitt boared at Amsterdam presented to the Society by Mons Huygens'
Reference number: RBO/2ii/43
Date: 24 June 1663

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The well of 232 feet was bored at the hospital of Old men in Amsterdam.
List of different soils which were found is given
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- RBO/2ii/43
- Earliest possible date
- 24 June 1663
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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'An Accompt of the ground of a Waterpitt boared at Amsterdam presented to the Society by Mons Huygens', 24 June 1663, RBO/2ii/43, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_43/an-accompt-of-the-ground-of-a-waterpitt-boared-at-amsterdam-presented-to-the-society-by-mons-huygens, accessed on 19 March 2025
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 2ii, copies of papers communicated 1662-1663
1662-1663 Reference number: RBO/2ii
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The 'Register Books Originals' contain copies of scientific papers submitted to the Society and considered for publication. The papers were transcribed to establish their precedence for a particular discovery or idea.
Dates: 1661 - 1739
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