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Letter, 'Offers premium for optical glass' from Cesar Francois Cassini de Thury to Matthew Maty

Reference number: L&P/4/342

Date: 21 June 1766

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3 pages in French and 3 pages in English.

Subject: Physics

Read 6 November 1766

Reference number
L&P/4/342
Earliest possible date
21 June 1766
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
7 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Cesar Francois Cassini de Thury

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Cesar Francois Cassini de Thury, Letter, 'Offers premium for optical glass' from Cesar Francois Cassini de Thury to Matthew Maty, 21 June 1766, L&P/4/342, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_342/letter-offers-premium-for-optical-glass-from-cesar-francois-cassini-de-thury-to-matthew-maty, accessed on 15 October 2024

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