Extract of a letter, from Benjamin Bertin [to the Royal Society], dated at Piccadilly
Reference number: EL/B2/66
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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
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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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Dates: 1613 - 1740
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