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RefNoEL/A/60
LevelItem
TitleExtract of a letter, from J[Joseph] Atwell to Thomas Woodford, dated at Rome
Date14 April 1730
DescriptionAtwell gives notice that Gravesande of Leyden has published an answer to Dr Clark about the force of moving bodies and that Mr Bradley's hypothesis has not been received well by the Italians

Subject: Physics

Read to the Royal Society on 7 May 1730
LanguageEnglish
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
Place originRome, Latium, Italy
Origin coordinates41.89193, 12.51133
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordLBO/19/149
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/1e66886e-c6b4-4315-a060-1fc6d4a6c319
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5016Atwell; Joseph (c 1696 - 1768)c 1696 - 1768
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