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RefNoCLP/4ii/12
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'Account of the damp air in a coal pit' by James Lowther
Date1 August 1733
DescriptionLowther shares details of the coal mines at Whitehaven [England].

Subject: Mining

Read to the Royal Society on 8 February 1732

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the damp air in a coal-pit of Sir James Lowther, Bart. Sunk within 20 Yards of the sea; communicated by him to the Royal Society'
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1733.0019
RelatedRecordRBO/18/22
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7586Lowther; Sir; James (1673 - 1755)1673 - 1755
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