RefNo | EL/O2/127 |
Level | Item |
Title | Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Monsieur Cocherel, dated at London |
Creator | Oldenburg; Henry (1619-1677); German natural philosopher in England; scientific correspondent |
Date | 25 August 1673 |
Description | Concerning a delivery of a letter; states that he has passed on Cocherel's tables to Hooke and Flamsteed; transcribes part of Flamsteed's letter giving his views on how Cocherel's theory about the moon's right ascension from the sun could be used to calculate the meridian of Paris (see EL/F1/101 for Flamsteed's letter) |
Language | French |
Extent | 4p |
Format | Manuscript |
Place origin | London, England |
Origin coordinates | 51.50853, -0.12574 |
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 10, p 159 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/ab75a4ec-6129-48ed-8797-cc9575a24c10 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |