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Letter, from Richard Waller to Hans Sloane

Reference number: EL/W3/68

Date: 04 December 1699

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Comments on Harrison's paper on winds and tides and about trade-winds
Read to the Royal Society on 6 December 1699

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EL/W3/68
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04 December 1699
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2 pages
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Manuscript
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Richard Waller

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Richard Waller, Letter, from Richard Waller to Hans Sloane, 04 December 1699, EL/W3/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_w3_68/letter-from-richard-waller-to-hans-sloane, accessed on 13 October 2024

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