| RefNo | EL/W1/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from John Wallis to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 7 May 1664 |
| Description | Concerns music theory suggesting that the sounds we sing are different to musical scales; concerning the translation and publishing of Uleg Beg's catalogue of stars
Read to the Royal Society on 18 May 1664 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 179 |
| URLDescription | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/10fc7001-c2bf-4015-8db2-d1bd4fa746cc |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |