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Letter, 'Of a new clock and pendulum' from William Coombe to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/6/235

Date: 05 March 1777

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Subject: Engineering

Read 6 March 1777

Reference number
L&P/6/235
Earliest possible date
05 March 1777
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Ink on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter, 'Of a new clock and pendulum' from William Coombe to John Pringle, 05 March 1777, L&P/6/235, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_235/letter-of-a-new-clock-and-pendulum-from-william-coombe-to-john-pringle, accessed on 09 December 2023

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