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Using advice of Samuel Pepys
Comparing customs of felling trees in the south of England with that of Staffordshire

Reference number
RBO/7/10
Earliest possible date
18 May 1687
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'A Discourse concerning the most seasonable time of felling of Timber' by Robert Plot, 18 May 1687, RBO/7/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_10/a-discourse-concerning-the-most-seasonable-time-of-felling-of-timber-by-robert-plot, accessed on 14 May 2025

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