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Letter, from Gregory King to John Chamberlayne, dated at Queen's Street Westminster

Reference number: EL/K/24

Date: 27 April 1711

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Observations on John Arbuthnot's paper about proportions of births of males and females from 1629-1710
Read to the Royal Society on 10 May 1711

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EL/K/24
Earliest possible date
27 April 1711
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Gregory King

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Gregory King, Letter, from Gregory King to John Chamberlayne, dated at Queen's Street Westminster, 27 April 1711, EL/K/24, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_k_24/letter-from-gregory-king-to-john-chamberlayne-dated-at-queens-street-westminster, accessed on 09 February 2026

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