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Letter, from Philip Zollman to James Jurin, dated at Paris

Reference number: EL/Z/4

Date: 13 May 1724

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States that he has given Jurin's book on inoculation to Mr Walpole and has talked to John Woolhouse about translating it into French; sends some observations of the eclipse; quotes from the 'Journal des Scavans' about Isaac Newton

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EL/Z/4
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13 May 1724
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Philip Henry Zollman

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Philip Henry Zollman, Philip Henry Zollman, Letter, from Philip Zollman to James Jurin, dated at Paris, 13 May 1724, EL/Z/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_z_4/letter-from-philip-zollman-to-james-jurin-dated-at-paris, accessed on 15 June 2025

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