RefNoCLP/7i/48
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'An account of severall observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of in Camden or any other author' by Christopher Merrett
Date1696
DescriptionDetails about fowl taken to London - particularly about the abundance of geese in Lincolnshire; about drains and sluices to manage the water; details about Boston and about the parish church; concerning the marsh land and the making of ditches; details about the fish and insects to be found; the metals, gums or stone amber; concerning the Wash.

Subject: Geography / Trade

Read to the Royal Society on 22 July 1696

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of several observables in Lincolnshire, not taken notice of in Camden, or any other author, by Mr. Christopher Merret, Surveyor of the Port of Boston'
LanguageEnglish
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0057
RelatedRecordRBO/7/52
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8074Merrett; Christopher (? 1614 - 1695); physician and writer on natural philosophy? 1614 - 1695
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