| Reference number | EL/H1/81 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Christian Huygens to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Paris |
| Creator | Huygens; Christiaan (1629-1695); Dutch physicist; mathematician; astonomer |
| Date | 30 January 1675 |
| Description | Concerning Dr Coxe's views on chemistry printed in 'Philosophical Transactions'; looking forward to reading Boyle's new treatise on the hidden qualities of air; wishing to see Hooke's construction of his 'quert de cercle' (quadrant); wanting to know opinions about Leeuwenhoek's microscopical observations; states that he has invented a new clock and sends an anagram about this
Read to the Royal Society on 28 January 1675 |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Paris, le-de-France, France |
| Origin coordinates | 48.85341, 2.3488 |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | EL/H3/28 for extract of Huygens's letter about his circular pendulum
EL/H3/29-35 for letters from Constantin Huygens to Oldenburg
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 11, p 162 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/3e3a8340-e247-43b9-b8e6-b1fe1dc18cef |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA8062 | Huygens; Christiaan (1629 - 1695); natural philosopher | 1629 - 1695 |