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Notice, 'Relations Ventables' or 'Venture Relations' by Robert Hooke

Reference number: CLP/24/90

Date: 15 June 1696

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Hooke details a plan whereby young boys, aged between 15 to 18 years, are to be offered an apprenticeship which instructs, through theory and practice, the perfect method for 'navigating and discovering the world'.

Subject: Navigation, Industry

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CLP/24/90
Earliest possible date
15 June 1696
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Hooke

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Robert Hooke, Notice, 'Relations Ventables' or 'Venture Relations' by Robert Hooke, 15 June 1696, CLP/24/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_90/notice-relations-ventables-or-venture-relations-by-robert-hooke, accessed on 13 May 2025

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