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Lodwick writes on a universal alphabet, describing the concept of an alphabet, and states of his universal alphabet that 'I designe such a collection to wit, of all the single sounds expressed in any language or expressable by the mouth of man and this I name a designe, because for want of convers with different nations expressing natturally their owne language'.

Subject: Alphabet / Language

Partly published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An essay towards an universal alphabet'

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CLP/16/4
Earliest possible date
1685-1686
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Francis Lodwick

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Francis Lodwick, Paper, 'A designe towards an universall alfabet' by Francis Lodwick, 1685-1686, CLP/16/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_16_4/paper-a-designe-towards-an-universall-alfabet-by-francis-lodwick, accessed on 16 May 2026

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