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Letter, from Joshua Childrey to the Bishop of Salisbury [Seth Ward], dated at Upway

Reference number: EL/C1/4

Date: 31 March 1669

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Autograph letter enclosing a paper discussing reservations about Dr Wallis's hypothesis about flux and reflux (tides) of the sea
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EL/C1/4
Earliest possible date
31 March 1669
Page extent
7 pages
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Manuscript

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Joshua Childrey

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Joshua Childrey, Letter, from Joshua Childrey to the Bishop of Salisbury [Seth Ward], dated at Upway, 31 March 1669, EL/C1/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_4/letter-from-joshua-childrey-to-the-bishop-of-salisbury-seth-ward-dated-at-upway, accessed on 19 March 2025

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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