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RefNoEL/B2/53
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from George Ball, [to the Royal Society] dated at workhouse in Whitefryers near the Green Dragon Tavern in Fleet Street
CreatorBall; George (fl 1699)
Date20 December 1699
DescriptionAutograph letter concerning the manufacture of an English brass-like metal; concerning the use of calamy stone in the production of metal
Read to the Royal Society on 27 December 1699
LanguageEnglish
Extent6p
FormatManuscript
Place originWhitefriars, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Origin coordinates51.513593, -0.107238
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/8/247
RelatedRecordRBO/8/66
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/54fa430d-7193-4edc-969b-c00e43c54f80
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