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Letter, from John Monro to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/M2/16

Date: 29 October 1700

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Concerning the work of Abbe Pesero [Pezron] on the Celtic language being the mother language of Breton and Welsh; also concerning Pesero's work on the chronology of time; concerning the work of Monsieur Symon; concerning the work of Monsieur Humber in turning the salt of tartar into the spirit of wine and back again; concerning Pere Malbranche's system of colours
Read to the Royal Society on 27 November 1700

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EL/M2/16
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29 October 1700
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Monro

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John Monro, Letter, from John Monro to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris, 29 October 1700, EL/M2/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_16/letter-from-john-monro-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 April 2026

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