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'An Account of the Tynn Mynes and workeing of Tynn in the County of Cornwall' by Dr Merrett

Reference number: RBO/2ii/67

Date: 1663

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Details about ore and how tin is mined
Read to the Royal Society on 16 December 1663

Reference number
RBO/2ii/67
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1663
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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'An Account of the Tynn Mynes and workeing of Tynn in the County of Cornwall' by Dr Merrett, 1663, RBO/2ii/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_2ii_67/an-account-of-the-tynn-mynes-and-workeing-of-tynn-in-the-county-of-cornwall-by-dr-merrett, accessed on 12 December 2025

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