Letter, from Robert Nesbitt to James Jurin, dated at Bristol
Reference number: EL/N2/1
Date: 01 January 1724
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Wishes for a new thermometer because Hauksbee's thermometer was too small; concerning a fatty mass from a woman's uterus which was 23 inches in diameter; concerning experiments with water from Bristol and Wells
- Reference number
- EL/N2/1
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1724
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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Robert Nesbitt, Letter, from Robert Nesbitt to James Jurin, dated at Bristol, 01 January 1724, EL/N2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_n2_1/letter-from-robert-nesbitt-to-james-jurin-dated-at-bristol, accessed on 19 March 2025
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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL -
Letters from correspondents in natural philosophy to the Royal Society and its Fellows: 'Early Letters N2'
1724-1737 Reference number: EL/N2
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James Jurin
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Robert Nesbitt
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