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Letter, from Tournes [to the Royal Society]

Reference number: EL/T/33

Date: 02 May 1669

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Note reads: 'Not to be ent'd [in the Letter Book]'

Reference number
EL/T/33
Earliest possible date
02 May 1669
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript
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Letter, from Tournes [to the Royal Society], 02 May 1669, EL/T/33, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_t_33/letter-from-tournes-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 February 2026

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