Letter, 'On the specific gravity of diamonds' from John Ellicott to Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/1/411
Date: 03 July 1745
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Subject: Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. John Ellicot, F. R. S to the President, concerning the specific gravity of diamonds'
Read 4 July 1745
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- L&P/1/411
- Earliest possible date
- 03 July 1745
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- 4 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Ellicott, Letter, 'On the specific gravity of diamonds' from John Ellicott to Martin Folkes, 03 July 1745, L&P/1/411, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_411/letter-on-the-specific-gravity-of-diamonds-from-john-ellicott-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 08 July 2025
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Date: 31st December 1744
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1744.0091
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