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Paper, 'To get timely notice when a house is on fire' by Arthur Reid

Reference number: L&P/4/163

Date: 16 June 1763

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Subject: Engineering

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L&P/4/163
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16 June 1763
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Ink on paper
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3 pages
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Paper, 'To get timely notice when a house is on fire' by Arthur Reid, 16 June 1763, L&P/4/163, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_163/paper-to-get-timely-notice-when-a-house-is-on-fire-by-arthur-reid, accessed on 10 October 2024

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