Letter, 'Discovery at Herculaneum of a marble bust of Archimedes' from a gentleman at Naples to Thomas Hollis
Reference number: L&P/3/277
Date: 22 November 1757
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Subject: Archaeology/Antiquities
Read 22 December 1757
- Reference number
- L&P/3/277
- Earliest possible date
- 22 November 1757
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- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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Letter, 'Discovery at Herculaneum of a marble bust of Archimedes' from a gentleman at Naples to Thomas Hollis, 22 November 1757, L&P/3/277, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_277/letter-discovery-at-herculaneum-of-a-marble-bust-of-archimedes-from-a-gentleman-at-naples-to-thomas-hollis, accessed on 13 July 2025
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