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'Extract from a Letter of Doctor Eustachio Manfredi of Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham relating to Rizzetti's Book against Sir Isaac Newton'

Reference number: RBO/13/90

Date: 1728

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Concerning Newton's work on optics
Read to the Royal Society on 31 October 1728

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RBO/13/90
Earliest possible date
1728
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1 page
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Manuscript

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'Extract from a Letter of Doctor Eustachio Manfredi of Bologna to Sir Thomas Dereham relating to Rizzetti's Book against Sir Isaac Newton', 1728, RBO/13/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_13_90/extract-from-a-letter-of-doctor-eustachio-manfredi-of-bologna-to-sir-thomas-dereham-relating-to-rizzettis-book-against-sir-isaac-newton, accessed on 18 April 2025

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