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Letter, from John Dodington to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Venice

Reference number: EL/D1/29

Date: 22 July 1672

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Dodington has copied a letter from Padre Athanasius Kercher, which is in Italian
His letter concerns a speaking trumpet which was used in Italy many years ago, and the making of another one for the Emperor

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EL/D1/29
Earliest possible date
22 July 1672
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Dodington

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John Dodington, Letter, from John Dodington to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Venice, 22 July 1672, EL/D1/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d1_29/letter-from-john-dodington-to-henry-oldenburg-dated-at-venice, accessed on 14 December 2024

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