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Letter from Thomas Molyneux to Martin Lister containing some additional observations on the Giant's Causeway

Reference number: RBO/8/46

Date: 1698

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Original letter dated 25 March 1698
Read to the Royal Society on 29 June 1698

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RBO/8/46
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1698
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18 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Thomas Molyneux to Martin Lister containing some additional observations on the Giant's Causeway, 1698, RBO/8/46, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_8_46/letter-from-thomas-molyneux-to-martin-lister-containing-some-additional-observations-on-the-giants-causeway, accessed on 13 June 2026

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