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Paper, 'On a machine to cure fractures of the extermities' by William Rae

Reference number: L&P/7/124

Date: 18 May 1779

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Contains plate.

Subject: Engineering

Read 25 November 1779

Reference number
L&P/7/124
Earliest possible date
18 May 1779
Physical description
Ink on paper and plate
Page extent
20 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'On a machine to cure fractures of the extermities' by William Rae, 18 May 1779, L&P/7/124, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_124/paper-on-a-machine-to-cure-fractures-of-the-extermities-by-william-rae, accessed on 17 February 2025

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