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Letter, 'Acknowledging his election as FRS, mentioning a gold filament 5 ft long, 30 'baths' in the county of Zolia, Hemlock, Pertified wood' from Justus Johannes Torkos to James Parsons

Reference number: L&P/3/293

Date: 04 July 1757

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Subject: Correpondence

Read 16 February 1758

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L&P/3/293
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04 July 1757
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Justus Johann Torkos

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Justus Johann Torkos, Letter, 'Acknowledging his election as FRS, mentioning a gold filament 5 ft long, 30 'baths' in the county of Zolia, Hemlock, Pertified wood' from Justus Johannes Torkos to James Parsons, 04 July 1757, L&P/3/293, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_293/letter-acknowledging-his-election-as-frs-mentioning-a-gold-filament-5-ft-long-30-baths-in-the-county-of-zolia-hemlock-pertified-wood-from-justus-johannes-torkos-to-james-parsons, accessed on 20 June 2025

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