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States that he has made improvements in gunnery - shooting with a large cannon

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EL/D2/75
Earliest possible date
13 December 1737
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Theophilus Desaguliers

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John Theophilus Desaguliers, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Letter, from John Desaguliers to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Kew, 13 December 1737, EL/D2/75, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_d2_75/letter-from-john-desaguliers-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-kew, accessed on 11 August 2026

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    The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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