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Letter, from John Inglis to William Rutty, dated at the coffee house in Pall Mall

Reference number: EL/I2/14

Date: 23 March 1730

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Encloses a letter from Vignoles, director of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Berlin, about a request for sending observations for 1727 to 1729. If the answer was positive, then Inglis could forward it to Berlin.

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EL/I2/14
Earliest possible date
23 March 1730
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Inglis

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John Inglis, Letter, from John Inglis to William Rutty, dated at the coffee house in Pall Mall, 23 March 1730, EL/I2/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_i2_14/letter-from-john-inglis-to-william-rutty-dated-at-the-coffee-house-in-pall-mall, accessed on 12 May 2026

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    Dates: 1613 - 1740

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