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Paper, 'A proposal to prevent noxious effects of exposure to dews at night in hot countries' by Stephen Hales

Reference number: L&P/4/22

Date: 12 June 1760

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Subject: Physiology

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Reference number
L&P/4/22
Earliest possible date
12 June 1760
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Ink on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Stephen Hales

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Stephen Hales, Paper, 'A proposal to prevent noxious effects of exposure to dews at night in hot countries' by Stephen Hales, 12 June 1760, L&P/4/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_22/paper-a-proposal-to-prevent-noxious-effects-of-exposure-to-dews-at-night-in-hot-countries-by-stephen-hales, accessed on 16 June 2025

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