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Letter, 'The writer desires the honour of showing to the Royal Society a model landau, with 4 persons, coachman, 2 footman 6 horses and a postilion, all drawn by a single flea' from Boverick to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/199

Date: 1743

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Subject: Engineering

Read 9 June 1743.

Reference number
L&P/1/199
Earliest possible date
1743
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'The writer desires the honour of showing to the Royal Society a model landau, with 4 persons, coachman, 2 footman 6 horses and a postilion, all drawn by a single flea' from Boverick to the Royal Society, 1743, L&P/1/199, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_199/letter-the-writer-desires-the-honour-of-showing-to-the-royal-society-a-model-landau-with-4-persons-coachman-2-footman-6-horses-and-a-postilion-all-drawn-by-a-single-flea-from-boverick-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 09 October 2024

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