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Letter, 'The Commons committee enquiring into the state of the weights and measures of the Kingdom would require the measures of extension of the Royal Society' from John Carysfort to George Parker

Reference number: L&P/3/311

Date: 19 April 1758

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Subject: Mathematics

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L&P/3/311
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19 April 1758
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Letter, 'The Commons committee enquiring into the state of the weights and measures of the Kingdom would require the measures of extension of the Royal Society' from John Carysfort to George Parker, 19 April 1758, L&P/3/311, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_311/letter-the-commons-committee-enquiring-into-the-state-of-the-weights-and-measures-of-the-kingdom-would-require-the-measures-of-extension-of-the-royal-society-from-john-carysfort-to-george-parker, accessed on 15 March 2025

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