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This item has a partial translation about a glass tube filled with balsam
Correspondent wonders if the Royal Society approves of the instrument but believes that a tobacco pipe would do a similar job
Note states: 'Not to be entered [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number
EL/B2/66
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Benjamin Bertin

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Benjamin Bertin, Extract of a letter, from Benjamin Bertin [to the Royal Society], dated at Piccadilly, EL/B2/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_66/extract-of-a-letter-from-benjamin-bertin-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-piccadilly, accessed on 12 December 2025

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  • Early Letters

    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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