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Paper, 'An account of two essays by Charles Walmesley' by Matthew Raper

Reference number: L&P/3/196

Date: 1756

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Subject: Astronomy

Read 16 December 1756

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L&P/3/196
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1756
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Charles Walmesley

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Matthew Raper

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Charles Walmesley, Matthew Raper, Paper, 'An account of two essays by Charles Walmesley' by Matthew Raper, 1756, L&P/3/196, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_196/paper-an-account-of-two-essays-by-charles-walmesley-by-matthew-raper, accessed on 10 July 2026

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