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Letter, 'Letter to the President of the Royal Society' from Paolo Frisi to Martin Folkes

Reference number: L&P/2/280

Date: 31 December 1751

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Subject: Correspondence

Read 19 March 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/280
Earliest possible date
31 December 1751
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Paolo Frisi

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Paolo Frisi, Letter, 'Letter to the President of the Royal Society' from Paolo Frisi to Martin Folkes, 31 December 1751, L&P/2/280, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_280/letter-letter-to-the-president-of-the-royal-society-from-paolo-frisi-to-martin-folkes, accessed on 19 July 2026

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    'Letters and Papers' contains the scientific correspondence sent to the Royal Society through the 18th century, many of which were published in its journal.

    Dates: 1741 - 1806

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