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Letter, from Denis Papin to Hans Sloane, dated at London

Reference number: EL/P1/92

Date: 21 April 1711

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Concerns the body taking fat from the bone; details of the revenue from a lead mine

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EL/P1/92
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21 April 1711
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Denis Papin

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Denis Papin, Denis Papin, Letter, from Denis Papin to Hans Sloane, dated at London, 21 April 1711, EL/P1/92, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_92/letter-from-denis-papin-to-hans-sloane-dated-at-london, accessed on 21 April 2026

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