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Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to the Royal Society, dated at La Fere

Reference number: EL/B2/82

Date: 10 August 1722

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Autograph letter praising the work of the Royal Society emphasising the importance of physics in research

Reference number
EL/B2/82
Earliest possible date
10 August 1722
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Bernard Forest de Belidor

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Bernard Forest de Belidor, Bernard Forest de Belidor, Letter, from Bernard Forest de Belidor to the Royal Society, dated at La Fere, 10 August 1722, EL/B2/82, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b2_82/letter-from-bernard-forest-de-belidor-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-la-fere, accessed on 16 March 2026

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