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Letter from Thomas Luffkin to Hans Sloane concerning the application of pneumatics to cupping glasses

Reference number: RBO/8/48

Date: 1699

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Read to the Royal Society on 27 December 1699

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RBO/8/48
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1699
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Letter from Thomas Luffkin to Hans Sloane concerning the application of pneumatics to cupping glasses, 1699, RBO/8/48, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_8_48/letter-from-thomas-luffkin-to-hans-sloane-concerning-the-application-of-pneumatics-to-cupping-glasses, accessed on 17 July 2026

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