| Reference number | EL/A/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Auzout; Adrien (1622-1691); French astronomer; mathematician |
| Date | 28 December 1666 |
| Description | Discussion of Boyle's 'Hydrostatical paradoxes'; concerning Auzout's new way of taking diameters of the planets; concerning Burattini's telescopic lenses; some details about the controversy between Auzout and Hevelius; hopes for observing the horizontal eclipse of the moon
Read to Royal Society on 9 January 1666 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 5 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Paris, le-de-France, France |
| Origin coordinates | 48.85341, 2.3488 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Copied into LBO/1/370; LBO/27/69; LBC/1/438
For a partial translation in English by Oldenburg see EL/A/19
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, pp 291-299 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/fb535125-927d-4c3f-baad-4778f6148c18 |
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 |