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Letter, 'Of a fire escape' from Arthur Reid to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/164

Date: 15 June 1763

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Subject: Engineering

Read 23 June 1763

Reference number
L&P/4/164
Earliest possible date
15 June 1763
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Ink on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a fire escape' from Arthur Reid to the Royal Society, 15 June 1763, L&P/4/164, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_164/letter-of-a-fire-escape-from-arthur-reid-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 15 May 2025

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