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Read to the Royal Society on 12 February 1706

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CLP/18i/103
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1706
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Francis Hauksbee

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Francis Hauksbee, Paper, experiments touching the direction of woollen threads from the centre of a spherical glass to its circumference by Francis Hauksbee, 1706, CLP/18i/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_18i_103/paper-experiments-touching-the-direction-of-woollen-threads-from-the-centre-of-a-spherical-glass-to-its-circumference-by-francis-hauksbee, accessed on 14 January 2026

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