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Paper, 'An account of Jean Jacques Megard's two memoirs sent to the Royal Society on a telescope and on a microscope' by James Short

Reference number: L&P/2/533

Date: 1754

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Read 21 November 1754

Reference number
L&P/2/533
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1754
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Short

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James Short, Paper, 'An account of Jean Jacques Megard's two memoirs sent to the Royal Society on a telescope and on a microscope' by James Short, 1754, L&P/2/533, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_2_533/paper-an-account-of-jean-jacques-megards-two-memoirs-sent-to-the-royal-society-on-a-telescope-and-on-a-microscope-by-james-short, accessed on 06 December 2025

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