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Letter, 'Questions in gunnery' from James Jurin to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/105

Date: 1742

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Subject: Physics

Read 24 June 1742

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L&P/1/105
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1742
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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James Jurin

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James Jurin, Letter, 'Questions in gunnery' from James Jurin to the Royal Society, 1742, L&P/1/105, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_105/letter-questions-in-gunnery-from-james-jurin-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 February 2026

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