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Letter, from Daniel Mitz to the Royal Society, dated at Amsterdam

Reference number: EL/M2/3

Date: 01 January 1692

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Microscopical observations of particles of steel removed by flint on the tinder and then firing it; observations of the fly
Figures in margin (some obscured)
Read to the Royal Society on 7 December 1692

Reference number
EL/M2/3
Earliest possible date
01 January 1692
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Daniel Mitz

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Daniel Mitz, Letter, from Daniel Mitz to the Royal Society, dated at Amsterdam, 01 January 1692, EL/M2/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_3/letter-from-daniel-mitz-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-amsterdam, accessed on 14 November 2025

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