Letter, from Guido Grandus to Laurence Magalotti, dated at Florence
Reference number: EL/G1/74
Date: 24 May 1708
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Concerning the properties (direction, reflection and refraction) of sound with mathematical formulae and figures
Read to the Royal Society on 6 April 1709
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 26, no 319, p 270
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- EL/G1/74
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- 24 May 1708
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- 16 pages
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- Manuscript
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Guido Grandi, Guido Grandi, Letter, from Guido Grandus to Laurence Magalotti, dated at Florence, 24 May 1708, EL/G1/74, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g1_74/letter-from-guido-grandus-to-laurence-magalotti-dated-at-florence, accessed on 07 November 2025
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V. Epistola D. Guidonis Grandi, societatis regalis Londin. Socii, ad illust. Comitem D. Laurentium Magalotti, dictœ societatis socium, de natura proprietatibus soni External link, opens in new tab.
Author: Guido Grandi
Date: 1st February 1709
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1708.0042
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Lorenzo Magalotti
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Guido Grandi
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