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Letter, 'A method of raising kites using wire' from Alexander Wilson to unknown recipient

Reference number: L&P/7/29

Date: 10 December 1777

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Subject: Physics

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L&P/7/29
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10 December 1777
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Ink on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter, 'A method of raising kites using wire' from Alexander Wilson to unknown recipient, 10 December 1777, L&P/7/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_7_29/letter-a-method-of-raising-kites-using-wire-from-alexander-wilson-to-unknown-recipient, accessed on 16 September 2024

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