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Subject: Physics

Read 30 April 1752

Reference number
L&P/2/290
Earliest possible date
30 April 1752
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Short

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James Short, Letter, 'Of his method of working specula for reflecting and refracting telescopes' from James Short to Mr Daval, 30 April 1752, L&P/2/290, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_290/letter-of-his-method-of-working-specula-for-reflecting-and-refracting-telescopes-from-james-short-to-mr-daval, accessed on 16 September 2026

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