Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from John Coombe to Davies Gilbert

Reference number: AP/10/47

Date: 14 October 1833

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Letter received by the Royal Society as a result of a statement, titled 'A Curious Fact' (see AP/10 for description). This is a covering letter for Coombe's paper on the subject, found at AP/10/34. He requests a response be sent to 23 St James' Square [Edinburgh], care of Mr Young.

Subject: Physics

Written by Coombe in Edinburgh [Scotland].

Reference number: AP/10/47
Earliest possible date: 14 October 1833
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 2 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding 'A curious fact' from John Coombe to Davies Gilbert, 14 October 1833, AP/10/47, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_47/unpublished-letter-regarding-a-curious-fact-from-john-coombe-to-davies-gilbert, accessed on 03 October 2024

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Unpublished paper, 'A memoir containing a solution to a curious and interesting fact' by John Coombe
Reference number: AP/10/34

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Archived Papers
1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 10, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1820-1838
Reference number: AP/10

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Davies Gilbert
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