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'Some Practical Observations - upon May-dew' by Thomas Henshaw

Reference number: RBO/3/9

Date: May 1664

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Experiments and trials with dew
Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1664
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 1, no 3, p 33

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RBO/3/9
Earliest possible date
May 1664
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Henshaw

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Thomas Henshaw, 'Some Practical Observations - upon May-dew' by Thomas Henshaw, May 1664, RBO/3/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_9/some-practical-observations-upon-may-dew-by-thomas-henshaw, accessed on 08 December 2025

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