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'An Account Concerning the Fragrant Earth, digg'd at Hogsdon Brought in to the Society by Mr Daniel Cox'

Reference number: RBO/3/67

Date: 1667

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Observations of the earth dug from Mr Massey's orchard in Hogsdon [Hoxton]
Read to the Royal Society on 12 December 1667

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RBO/3/67
Earliest possible date
1667
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'An Account Concerning the Fragrant Earth, digg'd at Hogsdon Brought in to the Society by Mr Daniel Cox', 1667, RBO/3/67, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_67/an-account-concerning-the-fragrant-earth-diggd-at-hogsdon-brought-in-to-the-society-by-mr-daniel-cox, accessed on 14 December 2024

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