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Subject: Engineering

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'A report concerning the microscope-glasses, sent as a present to the Royal Society, by Father di Torre of Naples, and referred to the examination of Mr. Baker, F. R. S'

Read 17 April 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/317
Earliest possible date
17 April 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Henry Baker

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Henry Baker, Paper, 'Report on de Torre's miscroscope-glasses' by Henry Baker, 17 April 1766, L&P/4/317, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_317/paper-report-on-de-torres-miscroscope-glasses-by-henry-baker, accessed on 15 May 2025

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