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Paper, Account of a work about music by John Birchenshaw [Birchensha / Berchenshaw]

Reference number: CLP/22i/7

Date: 1675

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Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1675.

Subject: Music

Reference number
CLP/22i/7
Earliest possible date
1675
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, Account of a work about music by John Birchenshaw [Birchensha / Berchenshaw], 1675, CLP/22i/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_22i_7/paper-account-of-a-work-about-music-by-john-birchenshaw-birchensha-berchenshaw, accessed on 18 January 2026

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