Letter, from Thomas Dereham to William Rutty, dated at Rome
Reference number: EL/D2/37
Date: 27 August 1729
Description
Says that he is sending boxes of fire-flies and cicadas (gives an account of the latter); gives observations of the total eclipse of the moon and of a hurricane in Ferrara; hopes to give an account of a woman who sleeps a lot
- Reference number
- EL/D2/37
- Earliest possible date
- 27 August 1729
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- 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, 27 August 1729, EL/D2/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_37/letter-from-thomas-dereham-to-william-rutty-dated-at-rome, accessed on 14 July 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
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William Rutty
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Thomas Dereham
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