Letter, from Patrick Gordon to the publisher of the 'Philosophical Transactions'
Reference number: EL/G1/68
Date: 18 December 1700
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Remarks about his voyage to the Baltic: about a cataract and floating timbers to Gothenburg by river, which were to be used as ships' masts; and Tycho Brahe's ruined observatory
Read to the Royal Society on 18 December 1700
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 22, no 266, p 691
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- EL/G1/68
- Earliest possible date
- 18 December 1700
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Patrick Gordon, Patrick Gordon, Letter, from Patrick Gordon to the publisher of the 'Philosophical Transactions', 18 December 1700, EL/G1/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_68/letter-from-patrick-gordon-to-the-publisher-of-the-philosophical-transactions, accessed on 22 June 2025
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