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Letter, from John Rutty to William Rutty, dated at Dublin

Reference number: EL/R1/71

Date: 21 March 1730

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Commenting on cousin William Rutty's thoughts about paper (see EL/R1/70) about which 'modern medicines' were known to the ancients; concerning taste and smell

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EL/R1/71
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21 March 1730
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3 pages
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Manuscript
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John Rutty

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John Rutty, Letter, from John Rutty to William Rutty, dated at Dublin, 21 March 1730, EL/R1/71, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_71/letter-from-john-rutty-to-william-rutty-dated-at-dublin, accessed on 21 March 2025

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