| RefNo | EL/C2/1 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Juan Cruzado to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Cruzado; Juan (fl 1675) |
| Date | 20 August 1675 |
| Description | Cruzado discusses:
- a new place for the prime meridian of the globe
- testing the equal revolution of the natural day with his pendulum clock
- ascertaining the moon's place on land and at sea
- the longitude of Seville
These points are reiterated in EL/C2/2
Read to the Royal Society on 28 October 1675
Printed as by "a Spanish Professor of mathematics" in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 10, no 118, p 425 |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1675.0043 |
Transcribed in LBO/7/272
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 444 |
| RelatedRecord | LBO/7/131 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/4055ec23-e43c-42a9-8476-23a7645dfd77 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |