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Account of a clockwork peacock by Henry Justel

Reference number: EL/I1/124

Date: 1688

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Account of a clockwork peacock
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1688

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EL/I1/124
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1688
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Henry Justel

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Henry Justel, Account of a clockwork peacock by Henry Justel, 1688, EL/I1/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i1_124/account-of-a-clockwork-peacock-by-henry-justel, accessed on 11 July 2025

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