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Letter, from Gilbert Clerke to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Loddington near Kettering

Reference number: EL/C1/45

Date: 18 October 1669

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Autograph letter
Clerke gives details of his invention for a windwill with horizontal sails

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EL/C1/45
Earliest possible date
18 October 1669
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Gilbert Clerke

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Gilbert Clerke, Letter, from Gilbert Clerke to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Loddington near Kettering, 18 October 1669, EL/C1/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c1_45/letter-from-gilbert-clerke-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-loddington-near-kettering, accessed on 14 December 2024

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