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Letter, 'De ignis seu caloris certa portione Helvetiae adsignata' [Of fire or heat in parts of Switzerland] from Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to John Woodward

Reference number: CLP/4i/54

Date: 1707

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Scheuchzer writes on fire and heat in Switzerland and the Alps.

Subject: Thermodynamics

Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1707

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CLP/4i/54
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1707
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

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Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Letter, 'De ignis seu caloris certa portione Helvetiae adsignata' [Of fire or heat in parts of Switzerland] from Johann Jakob Scheuchzer to John Woodward, 1707, CLP/4i/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_4i_54/letter-de-ignis-seu-caloris-certa-portione-helvetiae-adsignata-of-fire-or-heat-in-parts-of-switzerland-from-johann-jakob-scheuchzer-to-john-woodward, accessed on 10 December 2024

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