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Paper, 'Concerning sound under water and an instrument to enable there to be light under water' by Edmond Halley

Reference number: CLP/21/31

Date: 1691

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Subject: Oceanography, Engineering

Reference number
CLP/21/31
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1691
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmond Halley

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Edmond Halley, Paper, 'Concerning sound under water and an instrument to enable there to be light under water' by Edmond Halley, 1691, CLP/21/31, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_21_31/paper-concerning-sound-under-water-and-an-instrument-to-enable-there-to-be-light-under-water-by-edmond-halley, accessed on 11 October 2024

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