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Paper, 'A print shown to the RS of a Chinese magnet (30lbs 5 oz in weight). It belongs to the King of Portugal & was armed & set by Wm Duguid FRS much in the same manneras one for the Duke of Devonshire which now belongs to lord Charles Cavendish' by Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/1/385

Date: 25 April 1745

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Subject: Artillery

Read 27 April 1745

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L&P/1/385
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25 April 1745
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Martin Folkes

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Martin Folkes, Paper, 'A print shown to the RS of a Chinese magnet (30lbs 5 oz in weight). It belongs to the King of Portugal & was armed & set by Wm Duguid FRS much in the same manneras one for the Duke of Devonshire which now belongs to lord Charles Cavendish' by Martin Folkes, 25 April 1745, L&P/1/385, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_385/paper-a-print-shown-to-the-rs-of-a-chinese-magnet-30lbs-5-oz-in-weight-it-belongs-to-the-king-of-portugal-was-armed-set-by-wm-duguid-frs-much-in-the-same-manneras-one-for-the-duke-of-devonshire-which-now-belongs-to-lord-charles-cavendish-by-martin-folkes, accessed on 15 September 2024

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