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Letter, from Dr Hayes [to the Royal Society], dated at Kingston

Reference number: EL/H3/95

Date: 28 April 1714

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Discussion about 'real knowledge' and 'natural history'; states that he has an experiment to demonstrate to the Royal Society; concerning Henshaw's papers on saltpetre
Read to the Royal Society on 8 July 1714

Reference number
EL/H3/95
Earliest possible date
28 April 1714
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, from Dr Hayes [to the Royal Society], dated at Kingston, 28 April 1714, EL/H3/95, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_h3_95/letter-from-dr-hayes-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-kingston, accessed on 15 April 2026

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