Letter, from Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna

Reference number: EL/B3/3

Date: 01 October 1728

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Observations of fire-flies ('ignes fatui') in Italy, particularly around Bologna, gathered from travellers and men of learning

Reference number: EL/B3/3
Earliest possible date: 01 October 1728
Page extent: 9 pages
Format: Manuscript
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Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari

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Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari, Giacomo Bartolomeo Beccari, Letter, from Giacomo Bartolommeo Beccari to Thomas Dereham, dated at Bologna, 01 October 1728, EL/B3/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_3/letter-from-giacomo-bartolommeo-beccari-to-thomas-dereham-dated-at-bologna, accessed on 08 July 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B3
1728-1739 Reference number: EL/B3

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Dates: 1613 - 1740

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