Letter, 'Of a Georgian telescope made by Richard Eggleston of York' from Francis Drake to Martin Folkes
Reference number: L&P/2/100
Date: 1750
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Subject: Engineering
Read 14 February 1751
- Reference number
- L&P/2/100
- Earliest possible date
- 1750
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Francis Drake, Letter, 'Of a Georgian telescope made by Richard Eggleston of York' from Francis Drake to Martin Folkes, 1750, L&P/2/100, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_100/letter-of-a-georgian-telescope-made-by-richard-eggleston-of-york-from-francis-drake-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 22 June 2025
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Francis Drake
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