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Letter, from Robert Cay to James Jurin, dated at Newcastle

Reference number: EL/C2/53

Date: 28 June 1723

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Concerning experiments about dissolving sea-salt in water; concerning the mislaid paper with the separate absolute weights of copper and tin

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EL/C2/53
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28 June 1723
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Robert Cay

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Robert Cay, Letter, from Robert Cay to James Jurin, dated at Newcastle, 28 June 1723, EL/C2/53, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_c2_53/letter-from-robert-cay-to-james-jurin-dated-at-newcastle, accessed on 16 April 2026

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