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Paper, 'Answer to Jesse Ramsden paper on compound lens in 1729' by Peter Dollond

Reference number: L&P/9/146

Date: 1789

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Subject: Scinetific instruments

Reference number
L&P/9/146
Earliest possible date
1789
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Ink on paper
Page extent
10 pages
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Manuscript

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Paper, 'Answer to Jesse Ramsden paper on compound lens in 1729' by Peter Dollond, 1789, L&P/9/146, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_9_146/paper-answer-to-jesse-ramsden-paper-on-compound-lens-in-1729-by-peter-dollond, accessed on 09 July 2025

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