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Letter, 'On lenses' from G Maria della Torre to Thomas Birch

Reference number: L&P/4/252

Date: 29 January 1765

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Subject: Physics

Read 28 February 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/252
Earliest possible date
29 January 1765
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Ink on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On lenses' from G Maria della Torre to Thomas Birch, 29 January 1765, L&P/4/252, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_252/letter-on-lenses-from-g-maria-della-torre-to-thomas-birch, accessed on 17 March 2026

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