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'The Description of a Time-Keeper' communicated in a letter to William Rutty by W Barlow

Reference number: RBO/14/57

Date: 1729

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Original letter dated 16 May 1729 at Plymouth
Read to the Royal Society on 5 June 1729

Reference number
RBO/14/57
Earliest possible date
1729
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'The Description of a Time-Keeper' communicated in a letter to William Rutty by W Barlow, 1729, RBO/14/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_14_57/the-description-of-a-time-keeper-communicated-in-a-letter-to-william-rutty-by-w-barlow, accessed on 06 February 2026

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