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Paper, 'Of a press for taking off medals' by Henry Baker

Reference number: L&P/1/276

Date: 1744

Description

Contains one plate.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An easy method of procuring the true impression or figure of medals, coins, &c. humbly addressed to the Royal Society'

Read 19 April 1744

Reference number
L&P/1/276
Earliest possible date
1744
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Paper, 'Of a press for taking off medals' by Henry Baker, 1744, L&P/1/276, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_276/paper-of-a-press-for-taking-off-medals-by-henry-baker, accessed on 13 September 2026

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