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Extract of a letter, from Signor Sarotti [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/S2/1

Date: 01 January 1686

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Original was in Italian and dated 16 November 1686
Concerning discoveries of a sepulchral lamp and urns made when a river burst its banks in Rome

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EL/S2/1
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01 January 1686
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Extract of a letter, from Signor Sarotti [to the Royal Society], 01 January 1686, EL/S2/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_1/extract-of-a-letter-from-signor-sarotti-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 January 2025

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