Paper, 'On Kircher's opinion as to the burning of Marcellus' fleet by Archimedes' by James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/2/515

Date: 1754

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Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations upon Father Kircher’s opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of Marccllus by Archimedes'

Read 13 June 1754

Reference number: L&P/2/515
Earliest possible date: 1754
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 8 pages
Format: Manuscript

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James Parsons, Paper, 'On Kircher's opinion as to the burning of Marcellus' fleet by Archimedes' by James Parsons, 1754, L&P/2/515, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_515/paper-on-kirchers-opinion-as-to-the-burning-of-marcellus-fleet-by-archimedes-by-james-parsons, accessed on 15 January 2025

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LXXXII. Observations upon Father Kircher’s opinion concerning the burning of the fleet of Marccllus by Archimedes External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1753

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1753.0082

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
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Decade 2 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1749-1755 Reference number: L&P/2

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