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Paper, 'On one of the laws of the resistance of fluids' by Etienne Francois Dutour

Reference number: L&P/5/61

Date: 25 May 1768

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7 pages in French and 4 pages in English.

Subject: Chemistry

Read 12 January 1769

Reference number
L&P/5/61
Earliest possible date
25 May 1768
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
11 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On one of the laws of the resistance of fluids' by Etienne Francois Dutour, 25 May 1768, L&P/5/61, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_61/paper-on-one-of-the-laws-of-the-resistance-of-fluids-by-etienne-francois-dutour, accessed on 19 April 2026

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