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Extract of a letter, from J[Joseph] Atwell to Thomas Woodford, dated at Rome

Reference number: EL/A/60

Date: 14 April 1730

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Atwell gives notice that Gravesande of Leyden has published an answer to Dr Clark about the force of moving bodies and that Mr Bradley's hypothesis has not been received well by the Italians

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1730

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EL/A/60
Earliest possible date
14 April 1730
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Joseph Atwell

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Joseph Atwell, Extract of a letter, from J[Joseph] Atwell to Thomas Woodford, dated at Rome, 14 April 1730, EL/A/60, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_a_60/extract-of-a-letter-from-jjoseph-atwell-to-thomas-woodford-dated-at-rome, accessed on 12 October 2024

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