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Original letter dated 2 May 1734
Treatise is about the art of describing lines, planes and solids in perspective and projection
Read to the Royal Society on 2 May 1734

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RBO/18/66
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1734
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1 page
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Manuscript

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James Hodgson's 'Report of Mr John Hamilton's abridgement of his Treatise of Stereography', 1734, RBO/18/66, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_18_66/james-hodgsons-report-of-mr-john-hamiltons-abridgement-of-his-treatise-of-stereography, accessed on 09 June 2026

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