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TitleLetter, from C Whilworthy [to the Royal Society], dated at London
CreatorWhilworthy; C (fl 1713)
Date7 March 1713
DescriptionAnswer queries about Russia:
- some German officers have made good maps of the Ukraine
- Mr Ferguson, a mathematician, would be a good person to give observations of eclipses
- discovery of ancient coins at Chioff
- concerning Russian leather and how it is made

Read to the Royal Society on 12 March 1713
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Place originLondon, England
Origin coordinates51.50853, -0.12574
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AccessStatusOpen
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/743fe99e-30f2-4f50-abf5-6683e32499f0
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