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Figure 1, in ink, page 49
Figure 2, in ink, page 49

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RBO/7/34
Earliest possible date
9 March 1687
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Copy of a letter from John Wallis to Edmond Halley concerning the resistance of the air to projectiles dated 4 March 1687 at Oxford, 9 March 1687, RBO/7/34, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_7_34/copy-of-a-letter-from-john-wallis-to-edmond-halley-concerning-the-resistance-of-the-air-to-projectiles-dated-4-march-1687-at-oxford, accessed on 07 June 2026

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