RefNo | EL/M1/19 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Robert Moray to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608-1673); army officer; politician; freemason |
Date | 12 November 1665 |
Description | Concerning de Son's work on parabolic lenses; commenting on Oldenburg's opinion of Kercher's 'Mundus Subterraneus'; that Auzout's letter was being sent; concerning de Son's watches and lenses; concerning experiments with sea water; concerning political events in Europe |
Language | English |
Extent | 3p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 605 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1b254368-742d-4326-b46b-a7874a50fb45 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c 1619 - 1677 |
NA8261 | Moray; Sir; Robert (1608 - 1673); army officer and politician | 1608 - 1673 |