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Copy of a letter, from H[enry] Forth to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: EL/F2/36

Date: 01 January 1738

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Compares his thermometer to one made by Hauksbee
Original was dated 9 October 1738

Reference number
EL/F2/36
Earliest possible date
01 January 1738
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript
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Henry Forth

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Henry Forth, Copy of a letter, from H[enry] Forth to Cromwell Mortimer, 01 January 1738, EL/F2/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_f2_36/copy-of-a-letter-from-henry-forth-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 04 December 2024

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