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Paper, 'Of some ingenious woodwork' by Benjamin Savill

Reference number: L&P/3/354

Date: 1758

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Subject: Art

Read 8 February 1759

Reference number
L&P/3/354
Earliest possible date
1758
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Of some ingenious woodwork' by Benjamin Savill, 1758, L&P/3/354, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_3_354/paper-of-some-ingenious-woodwork-by-benjamin-savill, accessed on 10 October 2026

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