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Letter, 'Concerning his invention of an escapement for watches and as to the finding of an official commission theoron' from Caron to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/2/518

Date: 18 May 1754

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Subject: Engineering

Read 20 June 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/518
Earliest possible date
18 May 1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Concerning his invention of an escapement for watches and as to the finding of an official commission theoron' from Caron to the Royal Society, 18 May 1754, L&P/2/518, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_518/letter-concerning-his-invention-of-an-escapement-for-watches-and-as-to-the-finding-of-an-official-commission-theoron-from-caron-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 14 May 2025

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