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Subject: Correspondence/Navigation

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Extract of two letters from the late Capt. Alexander Rose, of the 52d Regiments, to Dr. Murdoch, F. R. S'

Read 28 June 1770

Reference number
L&P/5/187
Earliest possible date
24 June 1770
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letters, 'Extracts from various letters' from Alexander Rose to Patrick Murdoch, 24 June 1770, L&P/5/187, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_187/letters-extracts-from-various-letters-from-alexander-rose-to-patrick-murdoch, accessed on 10 July 2025

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