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Letter, 'On seeing objects inverted' from William Lloyd to John Pringle

Reference number: L&P/7/197

Date: 10 May 1781

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Subject: Medicine

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L&P/7/197
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10 May 1781
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'On seeing objects inverted' from William Lloyd to John Pringle, 10 May 1781, L&P/7/197, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_197/letter-on-seeing-objects-inverted-from-william-lloyd-to-john-pringle, accessed on 14 November 2025

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