RefNo | CLP/20/91 |
Level | Item |
Title | Paper, On M. [Jean] de Hautefeuille's method of shortening the telescope without diminishing its effect by Robert Hooke |
Date | 8 December 1697 |
Description | Discusses Hautefeuille's book, printed at Paris in 1697 and presented to the gentlemen of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Discusses the efficiency of his proposals about shortening the telescope and what to do with its glass.
Subject: Astronomy, Engineering, Optics |
Extent | 5p |
Format | Manuscript |
PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA8242 | Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher | 1635 - 1703 |
NA5683 | Hautefeuille; Jean de (1647 - 1724); clergyman and inventor | 1647 - 1724 |