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Details of a very tall man from Port Leicester in County Meath, Ireland, communicated by William Musgrave

Reference number: RBO/7/78

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Edmund Mellon was seven feet and six inches high with fourteen-inch hand span

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RBO/7/78
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1 page
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Details of a very tall man from Port Leicester in County Meath, Ireland, communicated by William Musgrave, RBO/7/78, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_78/details-of-a-very-tall-man-from-port-leicester-in-county-meath-ireland-communicated-by-william-musgrave, accessed on 14 July 2025

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