Letter, from Gilbert Clerke to Mr Sommers [John Somers], dated at Loddington near Kettering
Reference number: EL/C1/44
Date: 28 February 1668
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Autograph letter
Clerke informs Sommers about his invention of a windmill with horizontal sails and asks him to pass this information to Henry Oldenburg
Read to the Royal Society on 18 March 1668
- Reference number
- EL/C1/44
- Earliest possible date
- 28 February 1668
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- 1 page
- Format
- Manuscript
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Gilbert Clerke, Letter, from Gilbert Clerke to Mr Sommers [John Somers], dated at Loddington near Kettering, 28 February 1668, EL/C1/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_44/letter-from-gilbert-clerke-to-mr-sommers-john-somers-dated-at-loddington-near-kettering, accessed on 19 January 2026
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