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RefNoCLP/10iii/32
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Of the improovement of Cornwall by sea-sand' by unknown author
Date[1674]
DescriptionPaper regarding the use of 'shelly' sea sand in Cornwall. The author describes the appearance and texture of the sand and methods of transporting the sand from the shore to fields, where it is spread on the ground where wheat will be grown.

Subject: Agriculture

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The improvement of Cornwall by sea sand, communicated by an intelligent gentleman well acquainted in those parts to Dr. Dan. Cox'.

Communicated by Dr Dan [Daniel] Cox [Coxe]. Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1674.
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1675.0010
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 10 (1675), p 293
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2225Coxe; Daniel (1640 - 1730); physician and natural philosopher1640 - 1730
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