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Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, dated at Bologna

Reference number: EL/B3/2

Date: 26 October 1728

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Observations of fire-flies ('ignis fatui')

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EL/B3/2
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26 October 1728
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Eustachio Manfredi

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Eustachio Manfredi, Letter, from Eustachio Manfredi to Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, dated at Bologna, 26 October 1728, EL/B3/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_2/letter-from-eustachio-manfredi-to-giacomo-bartolommeo-beccari-dated-at-bologna, accessed on 16 March 2025

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