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Letter, from Salomon Reisel [to the Royal Society], dated at Hanover

Reference number: EL/R1/36

Date: 01 January 1672

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Concerning capital letters discovered in a beech tree
Read to the Royal Society on 11 December 1672

Reference number
EL/R1/36
Earliest possible date
01 January 1672
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Salomon Reisel

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Salomon Reisel, Letter, from Salomon Reisel [to the Royal Society], dated at Hanover, 01 January 1672, EL/R1/36, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_36/letter-from-salomon-reisel-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-hanover, accessed on 22 March 2025

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