RefNo | EL/V/19 |
Level | Item |
Title | Continuation of a letter, from Francis Vernon to Henry Oldenburg |
Creator | Vernon; Francis (1637-1677); traveller and diplomat; secretary to the English ambassador in Paris |
Date | 1672 |
Description | Concerning Picard's book on measurement of the earth (EL/V/20 is the beginning of the letter); concerning Cassini's and Borelli's astronomical work; concerning a drawing of William Petty's double-bottomed ship (catamaran) |
Language | English |
Extent | 7p |
Format | Manuscript |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | EL/V/20-22 Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 8, pp 431, 497 |
URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3652ef5f-cf85-45b2-a4da-e984ef1a253d |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
NA5652 | Vernon; Francis (c1637 - 1677); traveller and diplomat | c1637 - 1677 |