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Letter, from C Whilworthy [to the Royal Society], dated at London

Reference number: EL/W3/126

Date: 07 March 1713

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Answer queries about Russia:
- some German officers have made good maps of the Ukraine
- Mr Ferguson, a mathematician, would be a good person to give observations of eclipses
- discovery of ancient coins at Chioff
- concerning Russian leather and how it is made

Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1713

Reference number
EL/W3/126
Earliest possible date
07 March 1713
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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C Whilworthy

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C Whilworthy, Letter, from C Whilworthy [to the Royal Society], dated at London, 07 March 1713, EL/W3/126, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_126/letter-from-c-whilworthy-to-the-royal-society-dated-at-london, accessed on 09 November 2025

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