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Letter, 'Of experiments made in Holland and Bologna phials' from Martin Folkes to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/1/420

Date: 1745

Description

Contains one small figure.

Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of some experiments, lately made in Holland, upon the fragility of unannealed glass vessels; communicated to the President'

Read 31 October 1745

Reference number
L&P/1/420
Earliest possible date
1745
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
15 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Martin Folkes

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Martin Folkes, Letter, 'Of experiments made in Holland and Bologna phials' from Martin Folkes to the Royal Society, 1745, L&P/1/420, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_1_420/letter-of-experiments-made-in-holland-and-bologna-phials-from-martin-folkes-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 11 October 2024

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