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Letter, from Colin McLaurin to James Jurin, dated at Luneville

Reference number: EL/L6/17

Date: 18 April 1724

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States that barometric observations from Luneville (France) are ready for the Royal Society and discusses the instruments used

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EL/L6/17
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18 April 1724
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Colin MacLaurin

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Colin MacLaurin, Colin Maclaurin, Letter, from Colin McLaurin to James Jurin, dated at Luneville, 18 April 1724, EL/L6/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_17/letter-from-colin-mclaurin-to-james-jurin-dated-at-luneville, accessed on 11 April 2026

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