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Concerning the methodological approach for writing his Chinese dictionary with particular reference to other dictionaries which were consulted
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1734

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EL/B3/36
Earliest possible date
20 June 1734
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer

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Gottlieb Siegfried Bayer, Copy of a letter, from Theophilus Sigfrid Bayer to Hans Sloane, 20 June 1734, EL/B3/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_36/copy-of-a-letter-from-theophilus-sigfrid-bayer-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 08 November 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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