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'Account of what appeared on opening the Body of St Johns Esq who dyed July 2 1705 Aged 72' by William Cowper

Reference number: RBO/9/92

Date: 1710

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Read to the Royal Society on 10 May 1710

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RBO/9/92
Earliest possible date
1710
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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'Account of what appeared on opening the Body of St Johns Esq who dyed July 2 1705 Aged 72' by William Cowper, 1710, RBO/9/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_92/account-of-what-appeared-on-opening-the-body-of-st-johns-esq-who-dyed-july-2-1705-aged-72-by-william-cowper, accessed on 19 July 2025

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