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The Royal Society: Science in the Making

Experimenta et Observationes de Soni Motu, aliitque ad id attinentibus, facte a W Derham Ecclestice Upminsterentis Rectore, et Societatis Regalis Anglicane Socio

Reference number: MS/366/5/3

Date: 1707

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In Latin. A note on the first page states that the paper was read on 18 February 1707 and that it was translated as no 13. The paper considers the movement of sound. Includes two tables and one diagram.

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MS/366/5/3
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1707
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62 pages
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Experimenta et Observationes de Soni Motu, aliitque ad id attinentibus, facte a W Derham Ecclestice Upminsterentis Rectore, et Societatis Regalis Anglicane Socio, 1707, MS/366/5/3, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ms_366_5_3/experimenta-et-observationes-de-soni-motu-aliitque-ad-id-attinentibus-facte-a-w-derham-ecclestice-upminsterentis-rectore-et-societatis-regalis-anglicane-socio, accessed on 08 December 2025

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