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Describes Harris' Dictionary of art and science. Printed at London in 1704. Read to the Royal Society on 12 July 1704.

Subject: Linguistics

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CLP/22i/65
Earliest possible date
1704
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Harris

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John Harris, Paper, Account of 'Lexicon technicum or an universal English dictionary of arts and sciences explaining not only the terms of art but the arts themselves' by [John] Harris, 1704, CLP/22i/65, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_65/paper-account-of-lexicon-technicum-or-an-universal-english-dictionary-of-arts-and-sciences-explaining-not-only-the-terms-of-art-but-the-arts-themselves-by-john-harris, accessed on 14 November 2025

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