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Letter, from Richard Towneley to Walter Pope, dated at Towneley

Reference number: EL/T/21

Date: 16 October 1669

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Concerning clocks made by Robert Hooke; has been unable to provide an account of the height of Pendle hill - that there has been an eruption there

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EL/T/21
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16 October 1669
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Richard Towneley

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Richard Towneley, Letter, from Richard Towneley to Walter Pope, dated at Towneley, 16 October 1669, EL/T/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_21/letter-from-richard-towneley-to-walter-pope-dated-at-towneley, accessed on 10 November 2024

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