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Letter, from de Mairau to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/M3/8

Date: 25 February 1735

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Concerns printing an extract of his treatise on the 'aurora borealis' in 'Philosophical Transactions'; thanks for the copies of this extract which have only just arrived

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EL/M3/8
Earliest possible date
25 February 1735
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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Letter, from de Mairau to Cromwell Mortimer, dated at Paris, 25 February 1735, EL/M3/8, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_m3_8/letter-from-de-mairau-to-cromwell-mortimer-dated-at-paris, accessed on 16 March 2025

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