| RefNo | EL/P1/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On magnetic declination' by Pierre Petit |
| Date | 1667 |
| Description | Sent with EL/P1/5
Read to the Royal Society on 30 May 1667 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 376
English translation see EL/P1/7 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4518 | Petit; Pierre (? 1594 - 1677); engineer and astronomer | ? 1594 - 1677 |