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Extract of a letter, from unknown author to T[heodor] H[aak], dated at Berlin

Reference number: EL/P1/86

Date: 11 January 1682

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Wishing to use a permanent 'Noctiluca' to light a room; concerning a work to publish a key to Chinese characters

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EL/P1/86
Earliest possible date
11 January 1682
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Extract of a letter, from unknown author to T[heodor] H[aak], dated at Berlin, 11 January 1682, EL/P1/86, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_86/extract-of-a-letter-from-unknown-author-to-theodor-haak-dated-at-berlin, accessed on 06 December 2025

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