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Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford

Reference number: EL/W2/57

Date: 03 December 1695

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Concerning a bill for regulating the press which had been brought before the House of Commons; Wallis quotes a proviso to the bill
Read to the Royal Society on 4 December 1695

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EL/W2/57
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03 December 1695
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1 page
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Manuscript

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John Wallis

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John Wallis, Letter, from John Wallis to Edmond Halley, dated at Oxford, 03 December 1695, EL/W2/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w2_57/letter-from-john-wallis-to-edmond-halley-dated-at-oxford, accessed on 17 January 2025

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    Dates: 1613-1740

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