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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Account of a time keeper by William Barlow

Reference number: EL/B3/15

Date: 16 May 1729

Description

Autograph letter stating that this time-keeping instrument will correct the errors of clocks and watches
Description is followed by a note to William Rutty, dated at Plymouth, stating that there were other inventions (not identified) which the correspondent might pass onto the Royal Society

Reference number
EL/B3/15
Earliest possible date
16 May 1729
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Barlow

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William Barlow, Account of a time keeper by William Barlow, 16 May 1729, EL/B3/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_15/account-of-a-time-keeper-by-william-barlow, accessed on 13 March 2026

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    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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