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Letter, 'Of the prevention of fires' from B A to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/4/281

Date: 12 November 1765

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Subject: Engineering

Read 21 November 1765

Reference number
L&P/4/281
Earliest possible date
12 November 1765
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of the prevention of fires' from B A to the Royal Society, 12 November 1765, L&P/4/281, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_281/letter-of-the-prevention-of-fires-from-b-a-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 10 February 2025

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