Paper, 'A designe towards an universall alfabet' by Francis Lodwick
Reference number: CLP/16/4
Date: 1685-1686
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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
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- 1685-1686
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- Page extent
- 8 pages
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- Manuscript
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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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Author: Francis Lodwik
Date: 26th June 1686
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1686.0019
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Classified papers: volume 16 concerning 'Grammar, Chronology, History, Antiquities'
1660-1739 Reference number: CLP/16
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