| Reference number | EL/W2/38 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Wallis, dated at Oxford, to Henry Oldenburg |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 8 May 1677 |
| Description | Further details about the meteor seen in January 1677 (EL/W2/35) and about a comet seen in April of the same year
Read to the Royal Society on 17 May 1677 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcription in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 13, p 280
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 12, no 135, p 863 |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/22fccb95-1888-4661-b281-cac4644bf1e1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |