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Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions'

Reference number: EL/W1/141

Date: 01 January 1672

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Expanding letter EL/W1/140 which discussed the suspension of quicksilver, purged from air, which was higher than the ordinary standard in theTorricellian experiments
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EL/W1/141
Earliest possible date
01 January 1672
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to the publisher of 'Philosophical Transactions', 01 January 1672, EL/W1/141, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w1_141/letter-from-john-wallis-to-the-publisher-of-philosophical-transactions, accessed on 18 September 2024

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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