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RefNoEL/M1/17
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg
CreatorMoray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason
Date29 October 1665
DescriptionReferring to de Son's parabolic lenses; wishing for a reduction in the numbers who are ill with plague; that Hevelius's 'Prodromus' had not been delivered yet; that Brouncker could not comment on the dispute between Auzout and Hooke without seeing their letters

Moray adds a note, dated 30 October, stating that he has read a proof of Wallis's work and about printing other copies
LanguageEnglish
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 582
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c85b90dc-d9c7-4f88-b5a1-4679c0288c8b
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CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
NA8261Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician1608 - 1673
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