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Letter, from John Monro to Joseph Martin, dated at Versailles

Reference number: EL/M2/7

Date: 01 May 1699

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Account of a meeting of the Accademy Royal des Sciences in Paris - mentioning Cassini's paper on the nature of comets, Geoffroy's areometer, Virignon's paper on a water watch and 'generation of the vessel' stating that a figure was enclosed (see EL/M2/8 for copy of figure); Turnfort on the analysis of mixtures
Read to the Royal Society on 10 May 1699

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EL/M2/7
Earliest possible date
01 May 1699
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

John Monro

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John Monro, Letter, from John Monro to Joseph Martin, dated at Versailles, 01 May 1699, EL/M2/7, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m2_7/letter-from-john-monro-to-joseph-martin-dated-at-versailles, accessed on 14 February 2025

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