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Letter, from Denis Papin to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/P1/93

Date: 31 December 1711

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Concerning a lock for a box; concerning an experiment with spirit of sulphur; concerning Hauksbee's new carriage; concerning a building for a new furnace; concerning two improvements to a clock and improvements to a royal pendulum clock; concerning the work of three pensionary's from the Academy of Sciences in Paris

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EL/P1/93
Earliest possible date
31 December 1711
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3 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, 31 December 1711, EL/P1/93, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_p1_93/letter-from-denis-papin-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 21 April 2026

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