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Letter, from Thomas Dereham to William Rutty, dated at Rome

Reference number: EL/D2/32

Date: 10 April 1728

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Asks Rutty to pass on the papers from Eustachio Manfredi of Bologna to William Derham
States that Bianchini has finished his globe of Venus and gives his own observations of the planet

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EL/D2/32
Earliest possible date
10 April 1728
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Thomas Dereham

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Thomas Dereham, Thomas Dereham, Letter, from Thomas Dereham to William Rutty, dated at Rome, 10 April 1728, EL/D2/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_32/letter-from-thomas-dereham-to-william-rutty-dated-at-rome, accessed on 14 July 2025

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