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Letter, 'On Blakey's fire engine; On Mungo Murray's astronomical clock; Of a contrivance for steaming a limb in bed' from James Ferguson to James Douglas

Reference number: L&P/4/346

Date: 20 November 1766

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Subject: Correspondence

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L&P/4/346
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20 November 1766
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James Ferguson, Letter, 'On Blakey's fire engine; On Mungo Murray's astronomical clock; Of a contrivance for steaming a limb in bed' from James Ferguson to James Douglas, 20 November 1766, L&P/4/346, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_4_346/letter-on-blakeys-fire-engine-on-mungo-murrays-astronomical-clock-of-a-contrivance-for-steaming-a-limb-in-bed-from-james-ferguson-to-james-douglas, accessed on 19 September 2024

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