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RefNoEL/D1/43
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from John Davys [to the Royal Society]
CreatorDavys; John (fl 1695-1699)
Datend
DescriptionConcerning a half-finished stocking-making machine invented by Davys. He sends a sample and wants to know if the Royal Society would buy it. He also sends flints that he has found.
Read to the Royal Society on 31 January 1694
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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NotesInk is faint
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/29/71
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/33258b42-f072-4def-8848-890a0bc07e28
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