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
- Reference number
- 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, 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 10 July 2025
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1664-1736 Reference number: EL/A
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