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Letter, 'A letter dated Petersburg with a premium offered by the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petersburg' from Christian Nicolas de Winsheim to Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: L&P/2/21

Date: 16 December 1749

Description

Contains a printed advertisement.

Subject: Correspondence

Read 18 January 1750

Reference number
L&P/2/21
Earliest possible date
16 December 1749
Physical description
Ink and printed ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Typescript
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A letter dated Petersburg with a premium offered by the Imperial Academy of Sciences of Petersburg' from Christian Nicolas de Winsheim to Cromwell Mortimer, 16 December 1749, L&P/2/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_21/letter-a-letter-dated-petersburg-with-a-premium-offered-by-the-imperial-academy-of-sciences-of-petersburg-from-christian-nicolas-de-winsheim-to-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 12 May 2025

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