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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An inquiry to show, what was the ancient English weight and measure according to the laws or statutes, prior to the reign of Henry the Seventh'

Read 24 November 1774

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L&P/6/69
Earliest possible date
1774
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'Ancient weights and measures' by Henry Norris, 1774, L&P/6/69, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_6_69/paper-ancient-weights-and-measures-by-henry-norris, accessed on 04 December 2025

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