'The Standards of several Measures taken from a Marble in the Wall of the Capitol with Observations on them' by Martin Folkes
Reference number: RBO/19/41
Date: 1735
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Read to the Royal Society on 5 February 1735
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- RBO/19/41
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- 1735
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'The Standards of several Measures taken from a Marble in the Wall of the Capitol with Observations on them' by Martin Folkes, 1735, RBO/19/41, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_19_41/the-standards-of-several-measures-taken-from-a-marble-in-the-wall-of-the-capitol-with-observations-on-them-by-martin-folkes, accessed on 14 June 2026
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Register Book of the Royal Society Volume 19, copies of papers communicated 1734-1736
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