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Reference numberEL/A/7
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from Adrian Auzout to Henry Oldenburg
Date3 October 1665
DescriptionRequesting that information be sent about observations of Tenerife; further thoughts on Robert Hooke's lens-grinding machine.

Subject: Astronomy / Scientific instruments
LanguageFrench
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Place originParis, le-de-France, France
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1665.0028
'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 2, p 515
Related records in the catalogueLBO/27/7
URL descriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/e8c6574f-69df-49e3-a0cb-fbc78e63e95f
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA2328Auzout; Adrian (1622 - 1691); physician and astronomer1622 - 1691
NA8242Hooke; Robert (1635 - 1703); natural philosopher1635 - 1703
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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