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Remarkable discovery of John Baskerville tomb remains
The article recounts the removal and reburial of John Baskerville’s leaden coffin found in a wharf area. Coffin contents include a linen shroud, laurel, and preserved bones. decay was halted by the hermetically sealed coffin, with the body later re-interred. It also notes exotics introduced during Elizabeth I to George II's reigns and a dry account of Kent’s water-walking machine demonstration at Leith.
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John Baskerville
John Ryland
Ryland
Gibson
Messrs. Gibson and Son
Birmingham Chronicle
England
Elizabeth
Charles's
Cromwell
James II
William and
Mary
Anne
George I
George II
Kent
Glasgow
Leith
Theoparatus
Edinburgh Courant
Bank of England
Paris