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Letter, 'Concerning a paper by Servington Savery as to his invention of a new micrometer' from James Short to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/2/449

Date: 10 May 1753

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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A letter from Mr. James Short, F. R. S. to the right honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President, concering a paper of the late Servington Savery, Esq; relating to his invention of a new micrometer'

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L&P/2/449
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10 May 1753
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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James Short

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James Short, Letter, 'Concerning a paper by Servington Savery as to his invention of a new micrometer' from James Short to George Parker, 10 May 1753, L&P/2/449, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_449/letter-concerning-a-paper-by-servington-savery-as-to-his-invention-of-a-new-micrometer-from-james-short-to-george-parker, accessed on 21 January 2026

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