| Reference number | EL/A/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Auzout; Adrien (1622-1691); French astronomer; mathematician |
| Date | 16 July 1666 |
| Description | Concerns M de la Voye's attempts at sounding the depths of the river Seine at Rouen and wishing to pass on this information to Robert Hooke who was carrying out similar experiments in the Thames
Read to the Royal Society on 8 August 1666 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Place origin | Paris, le-de-France, France |
| Origin coordinates | 48.85341, 2.3488 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Copied into LBO/1/343
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, pp 174-178 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/c55eaff2-29f9-4871-89e8-3e4405f9a6e6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2328 | Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer | 1622 - 1691 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |