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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Letter, from Ebenezer Latham to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: EL/L6/51

Date: 14 April 1738

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Offers a proposal for a better construction of the globes of the heavens

Reference number
EL/L6/51
Earliest possible date
14 April 1738
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Ebenezer Latham

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Ebenezer Latham, Letter, from Ebenezer Latham to Cromwell Mortimer, 14 April 1738, EL/L6/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l6_51/letter-from-ebenezer-latham-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 16 May 2025

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