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'An experiment - Of weighing a peice of Brasse above and under ground' by Dr Cotton

Reference number: RBO/3/13

Date: 1664

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Read to the Royal Society on 1 June 1664
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RBO/3/13
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1664
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Edward Cotton

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Edward Cotton, 'An experiment - Of weighing a peice of Brasse above and under ground' by Dr Cotton, 1664, RBO/3/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_13/an-experiment-of-weighing-a-peice-of-brasse-above-and-under-ground-by-dr-cotton, accessed on 12 December 2025

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