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Letter, 'An account of Dr Wark's paper on improving refracting telescopes, which had been referred him' from James Short to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/3/168

Date: 20 May 1756

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Subject: Engineering

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L&P/3/168
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20 May 1756
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6 pages
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James Short

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James Short, Letter, 'An account of Dr Wark's paper on improving refracting telescopes, which had been referred him' from James Short to Thomas Birch, 20 May 1756, L&P/3/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_168/letter-an-account-of-dr-warks-paper-on-improving-refracting-telescopes-which-had-been-referred-him-from-james-short-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 01 December 2024

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