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Letter, 'A refracting telescope fitted for use as a microscope' from Thomas Short to the Royal Society

Reference number: L&P/5/130

Date: 30 November 1769

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Subject: Engineering/Physics

Read 7 December 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/130
Earliest possible date
30 November 1769
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Ink on paper
Page extent
5 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'A refracting telescope fitted for use as a microscope' from Thomas Short to the Royal Society, 30 November 1769, L&P/5/130, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_130/letter-a-refracting-telescope-fitted-for-use-as-a-microscope-from-thomas-short-to-the-royal-society, accessed on 19 July 2025

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