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RefNoEL/C1/90
LevelItem
TitleLetter, from de Cocherel to Henry Oldenburg, dated at Rouen
CreatorDe Cocherel (fl 1669-1673)
Date22 April 1669
DescriptionAutograph letter
De Cocherel provides information about a person who has increased the firing range of a cannon and about a person's theory for determining longitude by astronomical observations. De Cocherel asks if the Royal Society is willing to purchase either of these ideas. He also asks for a map of Jamaica
Oldenburg has written a note on the back of the letter about sea-thrushes and sea-larks found between Ireland and Scotland
LanguageFrench
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Place originRouen, Normandy, France
Origin coordinates49.44313, 1.09932
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialTranscribed in LBO/28/369
Transcribed and translated in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall and Marie Boas Hall, vol 5, p 484
URLDescriptionAlso available on Early Modern Letters Online
URLhttp://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/b843a01b-8c99-4e1e-bd28-2e29768265b0
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8001Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondentc1619 - 1677
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