| Reference number | EL/I1/50 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, from Henry Justel to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Justel; Henri (1620-1693); librarian; juror; bibliophile; scholar |
| Date | 1667 |
| Description | Concerning Adrian Auzout's criticisms of Richard Towneley's instrument for measuring distances, which was also queried by other astonomers and mechanics in Paris; encloses a figure from Auzout |
| Language | French |
| Extent | 3p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Partial English translation by Oldenburg see EL/I1/51
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 3, p 436
LBO/31/133 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/6ac2aab8-12c8-4a7f-a3bf-06610ff4b1a6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA6104 | Justel; Henry (1620 - ? 1693); librarian | 1620 - ? 1693 |