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Letter, from J[ohn] Smart to James Jurin, dated at Guildhall

Reference number: EL/S2/63

Date: 28 July 1727

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About John Scrimshire's calico night cap catching fire by the sun's rays passing through a bottle of water
Read to the Royal Society on 26 October 1727

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EL/S2/63
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28 July 1727
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1 page
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Manuscript
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John Smart

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John Smart, Letter, from J[ohn] Smart to James Jurin, dated at Guildhall, 28 July 1727, EL/S2/63, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_s2_63/letter-from-john-smart-to-james-jurin-dated-at-guildhall, accessed on 21 January 2025

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