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Letter, 'Of an undulatory motion of the air' from Thomas Wakefield to the Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/133

Date: 28 August 1742

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Subject: Aerodynamics

Read 18 November 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/133
Earliest possible date
28 August 1742
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of an undulatory motion of the air' from Thomas Wakefield to the Secretary of the Royal Society, 28 August 1742, L&P/1/133, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_133/letter-of-an-undulatory-motion-of-the-air-from-thomas-wakefield-to-the-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 25 June 2025

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