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Reference numberEL/W3/138
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Reverend Joseph Wasse [to the Royal Society]
CreatorWasse; Joseph (1672-1738); Church of England clergyman; classical scholar; rector of Aynho, Northamptonshire
Date16 May 1724
DescriptionLists books that he would still like; outlines intentions to take account of the 'state of learning abroad'; discussing changes in height of the human body between morning and evening; observations of a solar eclipse
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originAynho, (Oxfordshire) Northamptonshire, England
Origin coordinates51.99466, -1.25218
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Access statusOpen
Related materialPrinted in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 33, no 383, p 87
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6b3d7b75-f377-4ec8-b111-5c4c09ccecab
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