| Reference number | EL/W2/43 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | John Wallis, dated at Oxford, to Edmond Halley |
| Creator | Wallis; John (1616-1703); mathematician; cryptographer; Savilian Professor of Geometry, University of Oxford |
| Date | 14 December 1686 |
| Description | Sends minutes of the Oxford Society (attached); discusses papers of Isaac Newton about measuring the movement of bodies; concerning 'Ludus Helmontii'; discussing monsoons and trade-wides
Mintues of the Oxford Society dated from 30 November and 7 December 1686 with items about shells at the Ashmolean repository, crabfish from Barbados, kernel of an Indian nut, man who was cured of a fainting disease by chewing rhubarb, about a woman who was cured of epilepsy after she was married |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 4 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Place origin | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Origin coordinates | 51.75222, -1.25596 |
| Access status | Open |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/77f212fc-03db-42ab-a91b-4544f9ff033c |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA8423 | Halley; Edmond (1656 - 1742); astronomer | 1656 - 1742 |
| NA7472 | Wallis; John (1616 - 1703); mathematician and cryptographer | 1616 - 1703 |