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Letter from Hans Sloane to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/21

Date: 07 December 1741

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Refers to a letter of M Geoffroy as to Paris fireworks and an extract from a paper by M Ferrein.

Read 10 December 1741.

Reference number
L&P/1/21
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07 December 1741
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Hans Sloane

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Hans Sloane, Letter from Hans Sloane to Martin Folkes, 07 December 1741, L&P/1/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_21/letter-from-hans-sloane-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 13 October 2024

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    Dates: 1741-1806

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