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Grateful that the Society has accepted his method of composing a history of the weather (see EL/G2/7)
Encloses a brief account of the examples of the effects of damp air on animals (see EL/G2/9)

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EL/G2/8
Earliest possible date
10 May 1729
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Isaac Greenwood

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Isaac Greenwood, Letter, from Isaac Greenwood to William Rutty, dated at Cambridge, 10 May 1729, EL/G2/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_g2_8/letter-from-isaac-greenwood-to-william-rutty-dated-at-cambridge, accessed on 09 February 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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