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Letter, 'Anology between English weights and measures' from W Barlow to Thomas Stack

Reference number: L&P/1/17

Date: 14 July 1741

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Has sent a draft of the paper.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the analogy betwixt English weights and measures of capacity'

Read 26 November 1741 and 13 July 1742.

Reference number
L&P/1/17
Earliest possible date
14 July 1741
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Anology between English weights and measures' from W Barlow to Thomas Stack, 14 July 1741, L&P/1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_17/letter-anology-between-english-weights-and-measures-from-w-barlow-to-thomas-stack, accessed on 02 December 2024

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