Letter, from Richard Towneley to John Collins, dated at Towneley
Reference number: EL/T/25
Date: 29 January 1672
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Concerns delivery of books; concerning Picard's book on measuring the perimeter of the earth; concerning the table of the compression of air under water printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', volume 6, number 73, page 2192
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- EL/T/25
- Earliest possible date
- 29 January 1672
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- 3 pages
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- Manuscript
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Richard Towneley, Letter, from Richard Towneley to John Collins, dated at Towneley, 29 January 1672, EL/T/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_25/letter-from-richard-towneley-to-john-collins-dated-at-towneley, accessed on 11 March 2026
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