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Letter, from Paolo Silvio Boccone to George Smith, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/B2/27

Date: 07 September 1675

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Autograph letter requesting information about some chemical compounds
Note states: 'Not to be entered [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number
EL/B2/27
Earliest possible date
07 September 1675
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paolo Silvio Boccone

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Paolo Silvio Boccone, Letter, from Paolo Silvio Boccone to George Smith, dated at Paris, 07 September 1675, EL/B2/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_27/letter-from-paolo-silvio-boccone-to-george-smith-dated-at-paris, accessed on 18 April 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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