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Letter, 'On ventilating the holds of ships' from Stephen Hales to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/38

Date: 23 January 1741

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First paragraph has been scored through.

Subject: Aerodynamics

Read 28 January 1741.

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L&P/1/38
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23 January 1741
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Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Stephen Hales

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Stephen Hales, Letter, 'On ventilating the holds of ships' from Stephen Hales to Martin Folkes, 23 January 1741, L&P/1/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_38/letter-on-ventilating-the-holds-of-ships-from-stephen-hales-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 27 April 2025

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