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Letter, from Tomaso Campailla [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/C2/44

Date: 10 December 1710

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Campailli sends a copy of his poem and a book on animal motion
Read to the Royal Society on 9 July 1713

Reference number
EL/C2/44
Earliest possible date
10 December 1710
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Tommaso Campailla

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Tommaso Campailla, Letter, from Tomaso Campailla [to the Royal Society], 10 December 1710, EL/C2/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_44/letter-from-tomaso-campailla-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 21 April 2026

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